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06 Jul

Mahama Instructed The Police To Shoot At Us For Demonstrating- Chairman Wontumi

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsChairman Wontumi, John Mahama, POLICE

The Ashanti regional Chairman for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has slated former President John Mahama for instructing the Police to fire shots at demonstrators who protested against his government in 2015. According to the NPP Chairman popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, Mr. Mahama ordered the police to specifically target him, Gabby Otchere-Darko and some few others. In an interview with Wontumionline.com, Chairman Wontumi stated that as a result of the instruction of Mr. Mahama, Justice Adjakuma, a member of the Let my Vote Count demonstrators, lost his eye leading to his demise. “Mahama told his men in police uniform to target me…

06 Jul

I Never Instructed The Soldiers To Shoot To Kill- Regional Minister On Ejura Shootings (Video)

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsArmy, Ejura, Fire Service, POLICE

The Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr. Simone Osei Mensah, has defended his decision to call on the Ghana Armed Forces to restore peace at Ejura when he had picked intelligence that there was going to riot in the area. The Minister in an interview on Wontumi TV which was monitored by Wontumionline.com, stated that it would be ignorant on the part of others to blame him for the liverounds which were fired at the youth who clashed with the security forces. "If I call for army protection, I don't tell them what to do... I am not a trained army, police…

04 Jun

Chaos As Police Clash With #FixTheCountry Protesters At Accra High Court

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsFixTheCountry, POLICE

Protesters of the #FixTheCountry protest present at the Accra High court hearing a case they brought before it, have clashed with some personnel of the Ghana Police Service. The protestors alleged that the police have been deliberately preventing them from entering the court premises, reports myjoyonline.com. The court had scheduled an appearance for the convenors of the #FixTheCountry protests after the police secured an ex parte injunction against what was supposed to be a massive demonstration they had slated for May 9, this year. But ahead of the court hearing, the group had, in a statement, called on sympathizers to…

20 Apr

Police, Insurance Commission Tackle Fake Insurance

Jackson Odom KpakpoBusinessInsurance Commission Tackle Fake Insurance, POLICE

Police, Insurance Commission Tackle Fake Insurance The Motor Transport and Traffic Directorate (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service in the Ashanti region is collaborating with the National Insurance Commission to clamp down on drivers with fake insurance documents. It follows the presentation of 90 pieces of GOTA communications devices by the Commission to the Service and the training of Police officers. Every district in the region is expected to have at least two such devices to help scan all insurance details to authenticate their validity. To climax the training exercise and roll out the programme, an operation dubbed: "weed…

14 Mar

Police Gun Down Suspected Robber @ Awudome Cemetery

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsPOLICE

Police Gun Down Suspected Robber @ Awudome Cemetery The Kaneshie District Police has gunned down a suspected robber at the Awudome Cemetery. According to the police, he was shot after stabbing a passer-by and attempting to rob another. Police in a statement noted that the suspect was rushed to the hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead upon arrival. Prior to his death, he had attacked a victim and collected a black bag with GHS250, spare parts and a phone. They add that after the attack, they had to lay ambush for him until he came out of the cemetery…

30 Oct

‘Be Colour-Blind In Enforcing The Law’ – Akufo-Addo Charges Police

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsakufo addo, POLICE

‘Be Colour-Blind In Enforcing The Law’ – Akufo-Addo Charges Police President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has charged the Ghana Police Service to “be colour-blind in enforcing the law”. “The way the police are acting now is a way the police should act…Police and security agencies of the country should be [politically] colour-blind when it comes to enforcing the law. The fact that there is an NPP government in place shouldn’t lead to a situation whereby NPP people are found to be involved in wrongdoing…, the police will turn their back…we saw that in the past and it didn’t engender a good feeling in the…

11 Oct

Police Arrest Four For Dismantling A Snatched Taxi Cab

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsPOLICE

Police Arrest Four For Dismantling A Snatched Taxi Cab Police in Sakumono has arrested four persons for dismantling a taxi which was snatched at gunpoint on the main Sakumono beach road. The four, Yaw Badu, Musah Mohammed, Dermon Puplampu, and Ayuba Sagoe were arrested after a report of car-snatching was received by the police. According to the owner of the taxi, he was hired by a passenger from Tema Community 1 to Nungua Barrier. While they were journeying, just around the train station area on the main Sakumono-Tema Beach Road, the passenger asked him to park for him to…

09 Oct

PHOTOS: Ekow Hayford’s Last Ride Before He Was Murdered

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsHon. Ekow Kwansa Hayford, IGP, Mfantseman, POLICE, President Akufo-Addo

Ghanaians didn’t wake up to good news on Friday, October 9, 2020 as it was reported that some unknown assailants attacked and murdered the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Hon. Ekow Kwansa Hayford. The late former MP, was shot at dawn on the Abeadze Dominase–Abeadze Duadzi–Mankessim road after returning from a campaign trip. Following the sad development, the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, reacted by charging the Ghana Police Service to bring the perpetrators to book. A portion of the statement issued by the President stated that: It is a sad day for Mfantseman and for Mother…

09 Oct

Akufo-Addo Promotes 27 Police Officers To COP And DCOP Ranks

Jackson Odom KpakpoNewsakufo addo, POLICE

Akufo-Addo Promotes 27 Police Officers To COP And DCOP Ranks President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has promoted a total of 27 police officers. The 27 were promoted following a recommendation from the Police Council to the President. Four Deputy Commissioners of Police have been promoted to the rank of Commissioners of Police (COP) while 23 officers have been elevated from Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) to Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCOP). The Ghana Police Service announced this in a statement issued on Friday, October 9, 2020. “The President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has…

09 Oct

President Akufo-Addo Reacts To The Gruesome Murder of MP Ekow Hayford

Kakra NunuFeatured, NewsEkow Hayford, Mfantseman, Murder, NPP, POLICE

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has reacted to the gruesome murder of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman, Hon. Ekow Kwansa Hayford. The late former MP, was shot by unknown goons at dawn on the Abeadze Dominase–Abeadze Duadzi–Mankessim road when returning from a campaign trip. In a message posted on the President’s Facebook handle, he stated that he expects the police to bring the perpetrators of this gruesome, cruel act to book as soon as possible. Wontumionline.com has published his full post below… I am shocked and saddened by news of the murder of the…