A notorious armed robber, Sulemana Alhassan who has been on the wanted list of the Ghana Police Service has been shot dead.
In an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi, Chief Inspector Bright Kwabena Danso, Deputy PRO, Greater Accra Police command said he was killed in a shootout with the police.
Narrating what happened, Chief Inspector Danso said Sulemana and another accomplice were trailing one gentleman from Accra, Monday. When the man realised that he was being trailed, he parked at Pokuase close to a Police Surveillance team.
When the robbers realised he had parked close to the police, they opened fire but missed their target. In the end the police first shot Sulemana and later his accomplice who was trying to run away.
The Greater Accra Regional Police Command has cautioned against social media inducements on recruitment opportunities into the Ghana Police Service.
A statement signed by Chief Inspector Bright Kwabena Danso of the Public Affairs Unit and copied the Ghana News Agency said the Unit was not responsible for recruiting people into the Service.
The “criminals” impersonated Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, Head of Public Affairs, mostly on Facebook, and inveigle gullible contacts into transferring monies into their mobile money accounts, it said.
The statement said other victims had also reported fraudulent vehicle auction transactions adding that all such reports had since been forwarded to the Cybercrime Unit of the National Criminal Investigation Department for investigation and arrest of the culprits.
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The GFD had planned to embark on a series of demonstrations for 10 days effective Thursday
The Accra Regional Police Command has secured a restraining order prohibiting members of the Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD) from embarking on a planned demonstration scheduled for Thursday, 18 February, 2021.
The Accra High Court under Justice Elfreda Amy Dankyi prohibited members of the group from embarking on the protest in a matter that was brought before it between the Republic (Ghana Police Service) and the GFD and Rita Kusi Kyeremaa.
A statement issued the Regional Public Affairs Unit of the Ghana Police, signed by Chief Inspector Bright Kwabena Danso of the Public Affairs Unit and released on Wednesday, 17 February 2021, said: “The prohibition order follows an Affidavit filed by the Police upon receipt of notification from the Executive Director of the GFD, Rita Kusi Kyeremaa, on the intended demonstration.”
The Christian Council of Ghana has urged heads of churches across the country to ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols during their respective December 31 watch night services.