Front Page: Daily Graphic, April 30, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THREE more soldiers and two policemen have been cited among the growing ranks of men in uniform who attempt to acquire wealth by means that offend the law.
The latest case to upset the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police is one of alleged extortion in which the three soldiers (including an ex-serviceman) and a civilian were arrested today (Thursday) by officers at the Accra Regional Police Headquarters.
The two policemen and another civilian accomplice of theirs, however, managed to escape arrest.
One of the policemen on the run has been identified as Corporal Isaac Opare of the Accra Central Police Station, while the identity of the second has not been ascertained.
Those in custody are William Taylor and Bismark Boateng, both active servicemen at the Air Force Base, Iddrisu Attoh, who claimed he had resigned from the Air Force, and Agbeko Manna, the civilian.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, the Public Affairs Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Cyprian Zenge, said the suspects purportedly arrested and handcuffed two persons, Karim Abdulai and Nana Koranteng, a taxi driver, for allegedly smoking Indian hemp.
He said the security men allegedly informed the “suspects” that the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP Rose Bio Atinga, had ordered their arrest for dealing in Indian hemp.
He said the security men, at that point, sought to bargain with the “suspects” for their release.
That, he explained, was after the security men had seized Nana Koranteng’s mobile phones, money and car key.
He said when the security men drove towards the Accra Regional Police Command, they did not want to go into the yard with the “suspects”, resulting in a heated argument, with Abdulai and Koranteng insisting that they be sent to the Regional Police Commander.
He said the security men attempted to abscond when some policemen approached their vehicle to find out what was happening. In the process, the soldiers and Agbeko were arrested.
To effect the operation, he said, one of the civilians hired a trotro in the morning to pick the soldiers.
He said one of the soldiers was picked up around Kantamanto, from where they went to Dansoman to pick three other persons, including another soldier.
He said the gang went back to the Central Motor Traffic and Transport Unit to pick up another policeman and from there they went to Avenor, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, for the operation.
Friday, April 30, 2010
Music producer nabbed over cocaine
Page 3: Daily Graphic, April 30, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A SELF-proclaimed music producer was on Tuesday night arrested by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) for allegedly attempting to smuggle substances suspected to be cocaine outside the country.
Samuel Sarfo Kantanka, alias Manga, 56, claimed he would have been paid £4,000 if he had successfully delivered the 96 pellets of cocaine he claimed to have swallowed.
As of the time of filing this report, Sarfo Kantanka was still expelling the drugs he ingested.
The suspect was arrested while going through departure formalities at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on his way to London.
He, however, denied being a music producer and explained that he had used that profession to acquire a passport and facilitate his travels abroad.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Director of Operations of NACOB, Mr Dickson Akatsa, said the board’s operatives had accosted Sarfo Kantanka on suspicion that he was carrying drugs.
He said the suspect, who was travelling on a Ghanaian passport with number H1894034, was then taken through the body scanner, which showed that there were some foreign materials concealed in his body.
He said a urine test confirmed that the suspect had ingested narcotic substances.
According to him, upon interrogation, the suspect allegedly mentioned someone he identified only as Stone as the one who gave him the drugs at a guest house at Ashongman to give to a Ghanaian in London, whom he identified only as Obroni.
Mr Akatsa said Sarfo Kantanka led NACOB officials on a wild goose chase to locate Stone’s house after he had told the officials that he knew the house.
The suspect told NACOB officials that he was not a music producer but that the accolade had been given to him when he followed some bandsmen around the country between 1977 and 1979.
According to him, he also adopted that profession to help Ghanaians travel abroad under the guise of going to produce music abroad.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A SELF-proclaimed music producer was on Tuesday night arrested by officials of the Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) for allegedly attempting to smuggle substances suspected to be cocaine outside the country.
Samuel Sarfo Kantanka, alias Manga, 56, claimed he would have been paid £4,000 if he had successfully delivered the 96 pellets of cocaine he claimed to have swallowed.
As of the time of filing this report, Sarfo Kantanka was still expelling the drugs he ingested.
The suspect was arrested while going through departure formalities at the Kotoka International Airport in Accra on his way to London.
He, however, denied being a music producer and explained that he had used that profession to acquire a passport and facilitate his travels abroad.
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Director of Operations of NACOB, Mr Dickson Akatsa, said the board’s operatives had accosted Sarfo Kantanka on suspicion that he was carrying drugs.
He said the suspect, who was travelling on a Ghanaian passport with number H1894034, was then taken through the body scanner, which showed that there were some foreign materials concealed in his body.
He said a urine test confirmed that the suspect had ingested narcotic substances.
According to him, upon interrogation, the suspect allegedly mentioned someone he identified only as Stone as the one who gave him the drugs at a guest house at Ashongman to give to a Ghanaian in London, whom he identified only as Obroni.
Mr Akatsa said Sarfo Kantanka led NACOB officials on a wild goose chase to locate Stone’s house after he had told the officials that he knew the house.
The suspect told NACOB officials that he was not a music producer but that the accolade had been given to him when he followed some bandsmen around the country between 1977 and 1979.
According to him, he also adopted that profession to help Ghanaians travel abroad under the guise of going to produce music abroad.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Maritime boundary demarcation not about oil
Page 49: Daily Graphic, April 28, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
GHANA and Cote d’Ivoire have made it clear that the task before their joint ministerial committee on the demarcation of their maritime boundary is not about oil.
The Ivorian Interior Minister, Mr Desire Tagro, made the point in Accra yesterday at the opening of a two-day inter-ministerial discussion aimed at an amicable demarcation of the two countries’ maritime boundary.
“The issue is about the demarcation of maritime boundaries and not oil fields, as has been churned out in media circles,” he said, and appealed to the media to facilitate the process, instead of sensationalising it to destroy the hard- won trust, friendship and brotherliness between the two countries.
Mr Tagro said the friendship and relationship between President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana and his Ivorian counterpart, President Laurent Gbagbo, had been qualitatively built and had to be guarded because it had become the envy of many countries.
He was hopeful that the negotiations would take place without the media stirring unnecessary passions to destroy the relations between the two countries.
The meeting is expected to develop a road map for the negotiations and also enable Ghana to respond to the Ivorian proposal submitted during the second meeting between the two countries in Ghana in February last year.
Cote d’Ivoire is also expected to respond to proposals made by Ghana, after which the two countries will set an agenda and date for the next meeting.
Ghana’s delegation is led by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Boundary Commission, Alhaji Collins Dauda, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, as members of the 20-member delegation.
The Ivorian side is led by Mr Tagro and it includes the country’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr Augustin Comoe, and the Ivorian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Auguste Emmanuel Ackah.
Addressing the opening session, Alhaji Dauda noted that the subject for the meeting was a requirement for Ghana and its coastal neighbours to negotiate their maritime boundaries in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
He made it clear that maritime boundaries were required between neighbouring states, just like land boundaries, as they established the limits within which neighbouring states might operate, exercise their jurisdiction and in which they had the right of ownership.
He noted that Ghana and its neighbours had agreed that issues relating to adjacent or opposite boundaries should continue to be discussed in a spirit of co-operation to arrive at definite maritime boundaries delimitation after their respective submissions.
He recalled that the presidents of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire had met at their level and assured each other of co-operation in the boundary delimitation process.
He said it was in the light of that that Ghana had invited Cote d’Ivoire to continue with the process of delimitation of their common maritime boundary after the government had composed a Ghana Boundary Commission to engage its neighbours to continue with the negotiations.
Alhaji Dauda said the cordial relations between the two countries would ensure that the negotiations went on successfully based on the provisions of the UNCLOS.
The Ivorian delegation, led by Mr Tagro, later in the day delivered a special message from the Ivorian Leader, President Gbagbo to President Mills at the Castle, Osu, reports Kweku Tsen.
Interacting with the media after delivering the message, Mr Tagro said President Mills and President Gbagbo were expected to meet at Yamossoukro in Cote d’Ivoire to take a detailed and dispassionate look at the boundary issue between the two countries.
He was accompanied by the Ivorian Minister of Mines, Mr Comoe; Mr Ackah, the Ambassador of Cote d’Ivoire in Ghana, and Mr Madi Buoabre, a member of the Ivorian Parliament.
Mr Tagro said an invitation to that effect had been extended to the Ghanaian President but indicated that the date for the meeting between the two countries to deal with the boundary issue was yet to be determined.
“President Gbagbo has extended an invitation to President Mills for the meeting and the Ghanaian President has to respond to the invitation for the holding of the meeting at his own convenience, considering his tight schedule,” he said.
Mr Tagro said Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire relations dated back to the first Republic under President Nkrumah and for that matter issues which arose between them should be solved amicably.
It would be recalled that President Mills recently swore in the Ghana Boundary Demarcation Commission to oversee the demarcation and delimitation of the country’s land borders and marine positions.
That was after Parliament had passed the Boundary Demarcation Bill which was sent to the House under a Certificate of Urgency by the government.
Welcoming the delegation, President Mills called for the strengthening of Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire relations for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
Commenting on the forthcoming elections in Cote d’Ivoire, President Mills said it was the expectation of the government and people of Ghana that the polls would pass off peacefully.
“The government and people of Ghana stand solidly behind you as you prepare to conduct your elections,” he said. “We know democracy will triumph in Cote d’Ivoire,” he added.
Present at the meeting were the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni and Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, respectively.
Story: Albert K. Salia
GHANA and Cote d’Ivoire have made it clear that the task before their joint ministerial committee on the demarcation of their maritime boundary is not about oil.
The Ivorian Interior Minister, Mr Desire Tagro, made the point in Accra yesterday at the opening of a two-day inter-ministerial discussion aimed at an amicable demarcation of the two countries’ maritime boundary.
“The issue is about the demarcation of maritime boundaries and not oil fields, as has been churned out in media circles,” he said, and appealed to the media to facilitate the process, instead of sensationalising it to destroy the hard- won trust, friendship and brotherliness between the two countries.
Mr Tagro said the friendship and relationship between President John Evans Atta Mills of Ghana and his Ivorian counterpart, President Laurent Gbagbo, had been qualitatively built and had to be guarded because it had become the envy of many countries.
He was hopeful that the negotiations would take place without the media stirring unnecessary passions to destroy the relations between the two countries.
The meeting is expected to develop a road map for the negotiations and also enable Ghana to respond to the Ivorian proposal submitted during the second meeting between the two countries in Ghana in February last year.
Cote d’Ivoire is also expected to respond to proposals made by Ghana, after which the two countries will set an agenda and date for the next meeting.
Ghana’s delegation is led by the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources and Chairman of the Boundary Commission, Alhaji Collins Dauda, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Alhaji Muhammad Mumuni, and the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, as members of the 20-member delegation.
The Ivorian side is led by Mr Tagro and it includes the country’s Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr Augustin Comoe, and the Ivorian Ambassador to Ghana, Mr Auguste Emmanuel Ackah.
Addressing the opening session, Alhaji Dauda noted that the subject for the meeting was a requirement for Ghana and its coastal neighbours to negotiate their maritime boundaries in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
He made it clear that maritime boundaries were required between neighbouring states, just like land boundaries, as they established the limits within which neighbouring states might operate, exercise their jurisdiction and in which they had the right of ownership.
He noted that Ghana and its neighbours had agreed that issues relating to adjacent or opposite boundaries should continue to be discussed in a spirit of co-operation to arrive at definite maritime boundaries delimitation after their respective submissions.
He recalled that the presidents of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire had met at their level and assured each other of co-operation in the boundary delimitation process.
He said it was in the light of that that Ghana had invited Cote d’Ivoire to continue with the process of delimitation of their common maritime boundary after the government had composed a Ghana Boundary Commission to engage its neighbours to continue with the negotiations.
Alhaji Dauda said the cordial relations between the two countries would ensure that the negotiations went on successfully based on the provisions of the UNCLOS.
The Ivorian delegation, led by Mr Tagro, later in the day delivered a special message from the Ivorian Leader, President Gbagbo to President Mills at the Castle, Osu, reports Kweku Tsen.
Interacting with the media after delivering the message, Mr Tagro said President Mills and President Gbagbo were expected to meet at Yamossoukro in Cote d’Ivoire to take a detailed and dispassionate look at the boundary issue between the two countries.
He was accompanied by the Ivorian Minister of Mines, Mr Comoe; Mr Ackah, the Ambassador of Cote d’Ivoire in Ghana, and Mr Madi Buoabre, a member of the Ivorian Parliament.
Mr Tagro said an invitation to that effect had been extended to the Ghanaian President but indicated that the date for the meeting between the two countries to deal with the boundary issue was yet to be determined.
“President Gbagbo has extended an invitation to President Mills for the meeting and the Ghanaian President has to respond to the invitation for the holding of the meeting at his own convenience, considering his tight schedule,” he said.
Mr Tagro said Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire relations dated back to the first Republic under President Nkrumah and for that matter issues which arose between them should be solved amicably.
It would be recalled that President Mills recently swore in the Ghana Boundary Demarcation Commission to oversee the demarcation and delimitation of the country’s land borders and marine positions.
That was after Parliament had passed the Boundary Demarcation Bill which was sent to the House under a Certificate of Urgency by the government.
Welcoming the delegation, President Mills called for the strengthening of Ghana-Cote d’Ivoire relations for the mutual benefit of the two countries.
Commenting on the forthcoming elections in Cote d’Ivoire, President Mills said it was the expectation of the government and people of Ghana that the polls would pass off peacefully.
“The government and people of Ghana stand solidly behind you as you prepare to conduct your elections,” he said. “We know democracy will triumph in Cote d’Ivoire,” he added.
Present at the meeting were the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni and Mrs Betty Mould-Iddrisu, respectively.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Police indicts chiefs over Fulani herdsmen
Page 16: Daily Graphic, April 27, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Ghana Police Service has indicted some chiefs and landowners in the country for perpetuating the menace of Fulani herdsmen by taking monies and cows from them and allowing them to settle on their lands.
Withholding the names of the chiefs and landowners for the time being, the police said such nefarious activities were rampant in the Northern, Eastern, Volta, Brong Ahafo, Upper East and Upper West regions and the Accra plains, posing a serious threat to food security in the country.
A report compiled by the Ghana Police Service painted a scary picture of the situation and described the allocation of land to migrant herdsmen as a new gateway to prosperity for some chiefs and landowners.
With the escalating situation, the police report warned that soon, it would be difficult for those chiefs and landowners to share or surrender their control over land “to the political leaders at the national and local levels” for development purposes “without massive resistance”.
It said the Fulanis entered into settlement agreements with the traditional authorities and landowners, which allowed the nomads to use the resources of the area.
According to the report, which covered the year 2009, earnings from rent paid by migrant Fulani herdsmen constituted a major source of income to landowners in these impoverished areas.
“Chiefs prefer to give land to the migrant Fulani, especially the herdsmen, who are rich in cattle and can afford to make substantial payments as settlement fees,” it said.
Besides, the report said, chiefs who gave out land to herdsmen were able to acquire cattle and build up a sizeable cattle herd of their own within a relatively short time, stressing that “these chiefs and landowners contribute very little of their own time and effort in acquiring this livestock”.
It acknowledged that moves by governments in the past to identify and prosecute chiefs who collaborated with the migrant Fulanis set the local administration on a collision course with the chiefs.
It added that an atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust characterised the relationship between the locals and Fulani herdsmen as a result of the destruction of crops and consumption of food items by cattle especially during the planting season and the immediate post-harvest period.
The report, therefore, suggested a half-yearly renewal of registration of Fulanis, based on comportment, by the Ghana Immigration Service and the police.
It also suggested that the entry and exit of the migrant Fulani herdsmen should be strictly controlled while the Fulanis were restrained from possessing weapons, but should be allowed only under appropriate certification and control.
It said municipal and district assemblies must also be told in clear terms not to use revenue mobilisation as an excuse to harbour the Fulani herdsmen in their areas of jurisdiction and close their eyes to the destruction that the Fulanisd been causing to the environment.
It said Fulanis who did not want to obey the laws of the land must be shown the exit.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Ghana Police Service has indicted some chiefs and landowners in the country for perpetuating the menace of Fulani herdsmen by taking monies and cows from them and allowing them to settle on their lands.
Withholding the names of the chiefs and landowners for the time being, the police said such nefarious activities were rampant in the Northern, Eastern, Volta, Brong Ahafo, Upper East and Upper West regions and the Accra plains, posing a serious threat to food security in the country.
A report compiled by the Ghana Police Service painted a scary picture of the situation and described the allocation of land to migrant herdsmen as a new gateway to prosperity for some chiefs and landowners.
With the escalating situation, the police report warned that soon, it would be difficult for those chiefs and landowners to share or surrender their control over land “to the political leaders at the national and local levels” for development purposes “without massive resistance”.
It said the Fulanis entered into settlement agreements with the traditional authorities and landowners, which allowed the nomads to use the resources of the area.
According to the report, which covered the year 2009, earnings from rent paid by migrant Fulani herdsmen constituted a major source of income to landowners in these impoverished areas.
“Chiefs prefer to give land to the migrant Fulani, especially the herdsmen, who are rich in cattle and can afford to make substantial payments as settlement fees,” it said.
Besides, the report said, chiefs who gave out land to herdsmen were able to acquire cattle and build up a sizeable cattle herd of their own within a relatively short time, stressing that “these chiefs and landowners contribute very little of their own time and effort in acquiring this livestock”.
It acknowledged that moves by governments in the past to identify and prosecute chiefs who collaborated with the migrant Fulanis set the local administration on a collision course with the chiefs.
It added that an atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust characterised the relationship between the locals and Fulani herdsmen as a result of the destruction of crops and consumption of food items by cattle especially during the planting season and the immediate post-harvest period.
The report, therefore, suggested a half-yearly renewal of registration of Fulanis, based on comportment, by the Ghana Immigration Service and the police.
It also suggested that the entry and exit of the migrant Fulani herdsmen should be strictly controlled while the Fulanis were restrained from possessing weapons, but should be allowed only under appropriate certification and control.
It said municipal and district assemblies must also be told in clear terms not to use revenue mobilisation as an excuse to harbour the Fulani herdsmen in their areas of jurisdiction and close their eyes to the destruction that the Fulanisd been causing to the environment.
It said Fulanis who did not want to obey the laws of the land must be shown the exit.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Police, Immigration flush out fulani herdsmen
Page 67: Daily Graphic, April 26, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A COMBINED team of personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service at the weekend flushed out some Fulani herdsmen from the Agotime-Kpetoe-Batime area of the Volta Region.
Five of the leaders of the herdsmen are currently in custody in Ho, while more than 600 cattle were pushed/repulsed to Togo where they came from.
The leaders in custody are Mahamadu Fulani, Abdulai Mahamadu, Yaro Mahamadu, Tahiru Kole and Ibrahim Amadu.
The Food and Crops Division of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture is to be contacted to assess the damage caused to farms in the area.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has subsequently directed all policemen in border towns to collaborate with their GIS counterparts to deal with the Fulani menace as the farming season is about to set in.
Mr Quaye has also warned traditional authorities to desist from negotiating with Fulani herdsmen to use their terrain, only for them to end up destroying the farms of their subjects.
The Director of Police Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwasi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic that the Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP David Ampah-Benin, who led the operation, had information that some traditional leaders had allowed the cattle of the Fulani herdsmen to graze on their land.
He said the cattle had destroyed large tracts of farmland in the affected area.
According to him, the swift response from the police and the GIS helped to push back the Fulanis to Togo, where they had come from.
Regrettably, he said, some opinion leaders and chiefs often failed to notify the political and security authorities of the presence of the Fulanis until farmers started to complain.
DSP Ofori said the exercise was not a hate one against Fulanis but intended to check the wanton destruction of farms and water bodies.
He said the IGP had directed the various police commands to collaborate with the local assemblies to see how to manage those Fulani herdsmen already in the country.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A COMBINED team of personnel from the Ghana Police Service and the Ghana Immigration Service at the weekend flushed out some Fulani herdsmen from the Agotime-Kpetoe-Batime area of the Volta Region.
Five of the leaders of the herdsmen are currently in custody in Ho, while more than 600 cattle were pushed/repulsed to Togo where they came from.
The leaders in custody are Mahamadu Fulani, Abdulai Mahamadu, Yaro Mahamadu, Tahiru Kole and Ibrahim Amadu.
The Food and Crops Division of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture is to be contacted to assess the damage caused to farms in the area.
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has subsequently directed all policemen in border towns to collaborate with their GIS counterparts to deal with the Fulani menace as the farming season is about to set in.
Mr Quaye has also warned traditional authorities to desist from negotiating with Fulani herdsmen to use their terrain, only for them to end up destroying the farms of their subjects.
The Director of Police Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Kwasi Ofori, told the Daily Graphic that the Volta Regional Police Commander, DCOP David Ampah-Benin, who led the operation, had information that some traditional leaders had allowed the cattle of the Fulani herdsmen to graze on their land.
He said the cattle had destroyed large tracts of farmland in the affected area.
According to him, the swift response from the police and the GIS helped to push back the Fulanis to Togo, where they had come from.
Regrettably, he said, some opinion leaders and chiefs often failed to notify the political and security authorities of the presence of the Fulanis until farmers started to complain.
DSP Ofori said the exercise was not a hate one against Fulanis but intended to check the wanton destruction of farms and water bodies.
He said the IGP had directed the various police commands to collaborate with the local assemblies to see how to manage those Fulani herdsmen already in the country.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Robbery - Prophetess, 5 others picked up
Page 3: Daily Graphic, April 23, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
FIVE persons, including a prophetess, have been picked up in connection with the robbery of two foreign visitors at a hotel at East Cantonments last Tuesday.
The police have also retrieved the Nissan Sentra which the suspected robbers snatched from its owner after their car had run into a ditch.
The passport of one of the visitors, who is a female, has also been retrieved.
Those in custody are Prophetess Mama Romeo, Joseph Annonor, a mechanic, Vida Karikari, Doris Karikari and Doris Dede Tetteh.
The Nungua District Crime Officer, ASP (Dr) Philip Akanpami, told the Daily Graphic that an informant alerted the police to a vehicle being tampered with by a mechanic at the Nungua Old Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.
He said when the police moved to the scene, Joseph Annonor, the mechanic, indicated that he had been contracted by three young men to repair the ignition, since they had lost the ignition key.
He said the mechanic then led the police to Prophetess Romeo’s residence, where the car had allegedly been parked overnight.
ASP Akanpami said the prophetess also indicated that three young ladies, Vida, Doris and Dede, who lived close by, had pleaded with her to allow their visitors to park the car in her yard, since their house was not walled.
According to him, when the prophetess led the police to the house of the three ladies, they were informed that the ladies had left for a town on the Akuapem Ridge.
He said the police later had information on the movement of the ladies, which led to their arrest.
ASP Akanpami said the case had been referred to the Accra Regional Police Headquarters for further investigations.
The Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, ACP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, said the two men who had invited the visitors to Ghana and who had been arrested to assist in investigations had been granted bail.
Three armed robbers, on Tuesday night, attacked and robbed two foreign visitors as they entered the reception of a hotel at East Cantonments.
The suspects later snatched a vehicle near the Ghana Free Zones offices after their white Toyota Corolla, with registration number GE 8793-09, had run into a ditch.
All the personal belongings of the foreign visitors, including laptops, digital cameras and cash, were taken from them.
Story: Albert K. Salia
FIVE persons, including a prophetess, have been picked up in connection with the robbery of two foreign visitors at a hotel at East Cantonments last Tuesday.
The police have also retrieved the Nissan Sentra which the suspected robbers snatched from its owner after their car had run into a ditch.
The passport of one of the visitors, who is a female, has also been retrieved.
Those in custody are Prophetess Mama Romeo, Joseph Annonor, a mechanic, Vida Karikari, Doris Karikari and Doris Dede Tetteh.
The Nungua District Crime Officer, ASP (Dr) Philip Akanpami, told the Daily Graphic that an informant alerted the police to a vehicle being tampered with by a mechanic at the Nungua Old Cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.
He said when the police moved to the scene, Joseph Annonor, the mechanic, indicated that he had been contracted by three young men to repair the ignition, since they had lost the ignition key.
He said the mechanic then led the police to Prophetess Romeo’s residence, where the car had allegedly been parked overnight.
ASP Akanpami said the prophetess also indicated that three young ladies, Vida, Doris and Dede, who lived close by, had pleaded with her to allow their visitors to park the car in her yard, since their house was not walled.
According to him, when the prophetess led the police to the house of the three ladies, they were informed that the ladies had left for a town on the Akuapem Ridge.
He said the police later had information on the movement of the ladies, which led to their arrest.
ASP Akanpami said the case had been referred to the Accra Regional Police Headquarters for further investigations.
The Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, ACP Christian Tetteh Yohuno, said the two men who had invited the visitors to Ghana and who had been arrested to assist in investigations had been granted bail.
Three armed robbers, on Tuesday night, attacked and robbed two foreign visitors as they entered the reception of a hotel at East Cantonments.
The suspects later snatched a vehicle near the Ghana Free Zones offices after their white Toyota Corolla, with registration number GE 8793-09, had run into a ditch.
All the personal belongings of the foreign visitors, including laptops, digital cameras and cash, were taken from them.
Police to probe death of deputy minister's wife
Page 17: Daily Graphic, April 23, 2010.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has ordered investigations into the death of the wife of a Deputy Minister of Energy, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, at the Police Hospital.
The woman was alleged to have died on Wednesday during child birth at the Police Hospital in Accra through negligence on the part of some medical staff.
The Director-General of Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS), DCOP Timothy Ashiley, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the IGP had been alarmed by the news and asked that it should be investigated.
He said the news came as a surprise, especially when research published recently indicated that the Police Hospital had the best maternal health standards in the country.
He explained that it was to ensure that standards and best practices were maintained at the hospital that the IGP had ordered PIPS to investigate.
DCOP Ashiley said with the exception of one more person to be talked to, a lot had been done by way of preliminary investigations and gave the assurance that by close of day today, some findings would have been made.
Some family members have expressed disquiet over the conduct of the hospital staff and demanded a post mortem before the late Mrs Fuseini was buried.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Paul Tawiah Quaye, has ordered investigations into the death of the wife of a Deputy Minister of Energy, Alhaji Inusah Fuseini, at the Police Hospital.
The woman was alleged to have died on Wednesday during child birth at the Police Hospital in Accra through negligence on the part of some medical staff.
The Director-General of Police Intelligence and Professional Standards Bureau (PIPS), DCOP Timothy Ashiley, told the Daily Graphic yesterday that the IGP had been alarmed by the news and asked that it should be investigated.
He said the news came as a surprise, especially when research published recently indicated that the Police Hospital had the best maternal health standards in the country.
He explained that it was to ensure that standards and best practices were maintained at the hospital that the IGP had ordered PIPS to investigate.
DCOP Ashiley said with the exception of one more person to be talked to, a lot had been done by way of preliminary investigations and gave the assurance that by close of day today, some findings would have been made.
Some family members have expressed disquiet over the conduct of the hospital staff and demanded a post mortem before the late Mrs Fuseini was buried.
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