Graphic Online
BY: Emelia Ennin Abbey
The incident happened in Accra.
The said policeman, identified as Constable Eugene Yelnona allegedly committed the suicide whilst on guard duty at the residence of a Togolese opposition leader, Mr Gilcrest Olympio who is resident in Ghana.
The deceased Constable Eugene Yelnona, was attached to the National Protection Unit (NPU).
He is said to have shot himself in the washroom of the residence of the Togolese opposition leader on Monday morning [February 1, 2021].
Leave denied
A police source confirmed the incident to Graphic Online s Emelia Ennin Abbey and said the policeman had been denied a leave extension by his superiors.
Electioneering amidst rising coronavirus cases
COVID-19 is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which spreads among people mainly when an infected person is in close contact with another person.
Some of the guidelines were the observance of social distancing, the wearing of masks, and the washing of hands regularly.
Gatherings were banned, limiting public gatherings to not more than 200 people.
Big political gatherings were a casualty to the new COVID-19 guidelines. Many of the candidates resorted to actively using social media, texting and advertising on radio and television.
Some started house-to-house campaigns to avoid the risk of falling foul of the directives on limited gatherings.