The Aflao Police with
assistance from the Military and National security last Wednesday evening
arrested seven persons suspected to be part of an armed robbery gang who have
hijacked the country’s eastern border and terrorising innocent individuals including
immigration officials.
Their arrest comes barely
24 hours after the Volta regional Minister, Helen Adwoa Ntoso, visited the area
and charged the security personnel to take drastic measures to clamp down on the
increasing criminal activities along the border.
The suspects which include
two hardened criminals on the radar of the police are Freeman Obed, 28 years
old; Anani Atoku, 26; Samuel Amedzoneku, 26; Eric Henyo, 25; Kudanu Kroshie,
36; Sewornu Emmanuel, 25 and Koffie Henyo, 28.
Briefing the Minister and
her Deputy, Francis Ganyaglo, the Regional Police Commander, ACP Peterkin
Yentumi Gyinae, said the suspects were brought to the Regional Police
Headquarters brought by the Regional Security Coordinator, Esseney Yentumi and
William Akator of the National Security, accompanied by some military and
police officers from Aflao in the Ketu South district.
According to ACP Yentumi
Gyinae, the suspects were arrested after a distress call was made to the Aflao
Sector Commander of the Military concerning an ongoing robbery at a place
called Flihokpe, near the Diamond Cement Factory.
The suspects, who had in
their possession one machete, three knives and a parcel of dry leaves suspected
to be Indian hemp, had allegedly attacked Festus Atisu and Atsu Kweku at
Flihokpe, which is along the Ghana-Togo border and seized an amount of
GH¢100.00 and CFA15,000.00 from them.
Madam Ntoso commended the
collaborative efforts of the security agencies that led to the arrest of the
suspects and urged them to continue until sanity prevails in the area.
She disclosed that steps
are being taken to beef up the number of the security personnel at the Aflao
border and its environs.
Meanwhile, sources say the
suspects had been transferred to the regional police headquarters due to
purported interference by some opinion leaders in the area.
Nigerian Human Traffickers
In a related development,
two Nigerians, Francklin Chinezie, 25 years old and Kingsley Ochukwu Onyeji,
28, who were allegedly trafficking seven Nigerians aged between 20 and 22 years
from Edo State to Abidjan in Cote D’voire, were nabbed on Wednesday at the Immigration
checkpoint at Sogakope.
They have admitted to the
offence of human trafficking in their caution statement and have been duly
arraigned before a court of law. Victims say the suspects told them that they
were being sent to France for ‘greener pastures’ only for them to find
themselves in Ghana.
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