Keta MP-elect gets 24-hour police protection after near-fatal attack
Newly-elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey, will get round-the-clock police protection following a near-fatal attack by unknown gunmen.
The Keta Municipal Police Command gave the assurance on Friday, December 11, 2020, according to a report by Citi News.
Keta Municipal Police Commander told an angry crowd NDC supporters who had stormed a police post in the area that the police will provide 24-hour protection for the MP-elect.
“I have been to the hospital with this Assembly Man (Gilbert Keklie) to see the MP and I have assured him of our 24-hour protection from henceforth,” one Commander Supt. Abakah is quoted by a Citi News report.
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DEC 11, 2020
The Keta Municipal Police Command of the Volta Region has assured to offer all-day security protection to the newly elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Keta, Kwame Dzudzorli Gakpey who has suffered some attack by gunmen days after winning the elections.
Mr. Gakpey who was elected on December 7, 2020, as a first time MP for the Keta constituency was attacked by some gunmen on Friday dawn, December 11, 2020, around 1:00 am at his residence at Afiadenyigba.
The incoming MP, however, managed to escape with injuries after running to the Afiadenyigba police station although he could not be assisted.