Two women who were arrested for burying a two-year old girl without permit have been fined GHc 612.00 by the Abura Dunkwa District Magistrate’s Court in the Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese (AAK) district of the Central Region. Esi Janet a traditional priestess was fined 50 penalty units amounting to 600 Cedis and Mary…
The Central Region Police Command has secured a Court order to restrain the National Democratic Congress (NDC) from embarking on a protest march in the Effutu Constituency on Tuesday, January 5.
The prohibition order was granted by the Cape Coast High Court on 31st December, 2020, DSP Irene Serwaah Oppong, Public Relations Officer of the Command, explained in a statement.
The statement signed by DSP Oppong and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Cape Coast, said the demand by the Effutu NDC to embark on a demonstration could not be granted. The request of the NDC cannot be met by the police due to the fact that the Regional Command is not in a position to provide security for the demonstrators as a result of the post-election events and multifaceted security operations during the festive season.
Police defend transfer of officer allegedly attacked by Ajumako DCE
The Ghana Police Service has defended the decision to transfer one of its men who was assaulted by a District Chief Executive (DCE) in the Central Region.
The Inspector-General of Police, James Oppong Boanuh, last Friday ordered the transfer of Corporal Frank Mensah citing safety and health concerns.
While at post at the Ochiso Police Station, the officer was attacked by unidentified men on the orders of the DCE for Ajumako/Enyan/Essiam, Ransford Kwasi Nyarko.
He was later hospitalized after he sustained life-threatening injuries sparking widespread agitation among police officers in the area.