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The Police Service met convenors of #fixthecountry protest which began on social media at its head quarter on Monday 19th July 2021. The #fixthecountry demonstration will come off on 4th August 2021 and the police met with the convenors to discuss plans relating to the demonstration. The two parties agreed on the routes which were earlier announced by the campaigners. After the meeting the police said they are poised to provide the necessary security for the members of the planned demonstration coming off on 4th…

Some police and military personnel have reportedly manhandled some students of Kumasi Girl's Senior High School in their dormitories. This incident is reportedly to have taken place on Monday night after a demonstration the same night. The students were said to have demonstrated following the Ghana Education Service (GES) refusal to allow them (students) go on a mid-term break due to a rise in COVID-19 cases. The students who protested on Monday over the directive of the Ghana Education Service (GES) said they were…

Over 30 youth in Asikuma Odoben Brakwa have been arrested by police for manhandling police officers on duty at Breman Agoase in the Central region of Ghana. The Asikuma District Police Commander Chief Superintendent Emmanuel Odokoh Baah explained that the youth were arrested after some two suspects were reported to the Breman Brakwa Police police of defiling a 16-year-old girl of which two police officers went to effect an arrest but were beaten by youth in the community. The two suspects are Kofi Shaibu aged 22 and…

About five persons have reportedly sustained gunshot wounds at Ntotroso in the Asutifi North District of the Ahafo Region after clashing with police. They are reported to be part of illegal miners who stormed one of the mining sites belonging to Newmont who were protesting the arrest of some of their colleague miners who were accused. According to the PRO of the Ahafo Police Command, ASP Isaac Kwame Loh stated that some youth protesting stormed Newmont premises and attacked some security officers by opening fire on…

Six people have been apprehended by the Asante Akyem North Police for piercing a cane into the anus of an alleged 16-year-old thief who broke into a shop in Agogo in the Asante Akyem North Municipality. The 16-year-old is said to have allegedly broke into the shop but unfortunately got caught and his legs tied. The human act stormed social media and the perpetrators got arrested. On Monday July 12, 2021 the District Police Commander for Asante Akyem North, Chief Superintendent Owusu Bempah said after he watched…

A report gathered by Pinaxnews.com indicates that the Police in the Ashanti Region of Ghana has arrested and detained some 6 individuals for placing a stick in the butt of a young boy in Agogo, in the Asante Akim North District. The casualty who is yet to be recognized was blamed for stealing from an agrochemical store possessed by one of the Agogo Market suspects. Affirming the episode, the Konongo Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Shaibu Abubakar Sadique-Osei portrayed the treatment dispensed to the…

Three suspected armed robbers alleged to be involved in several armed robbery cases in the Nabdam and Zebilla districts have on Sunday 11th July 2021 been arrested by the Upper East Regional Police Command. The three robbers are in the persons of Yidaana Shamshudeen aged 23, Bodozina Awudu aka 'Network Absorber' aged 20 and Maxwell Ziaba also known as 'Strongman' aged 19. The suspects were all arrested from their various hideouts at Pelungu and Dakota. Things found on them were locally manufactured Pistol, three…

Two youth fractions clashed on Monday morning, 5th July in Ntonso in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region leaving two injured and one arrested. The actual cause of the clash is still unknown but some market women have complained of losing items worth thousands of Ghana cedis following the clash. Some policemen deployed in the area fired some gunshot to disperse the crowd. A trader revealed that her items worth GHS3,00 were all destroyed by the angry youth in the clash while monies were also taken from…

Two persons have been arrested by police in the Ashanti Region in connection with the killing of one Ibrahim Muhammed, a social media activists. The 35-year-old social media activist in Ejura well known as Kaaka is reported to have been ambushed in front of his house when he was returning home on his motorbike at about 1:30 am on Saturday 27th June 2021. The victim was then rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi and he was put on oxygen but unfortunately passed away on Monday. The two suspects…

Former member of Parliament for Ledzokuku constituency, Bernard Okoe Boye has on Wednesday June 16, 2021 urged the government to provide security personnel with right protective gears that will protect them from criminals. The former MP said the country must make it a priority to provide funding for the police service that will be used in procuring protective gears and subsequently given to every police officer who will be on duty so they can always be safegaurded. Dr. Okoe Boye made this comment while reacting to…