Security guard wanted by police

Page 19: March 8, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
A SECURITY guard of Japan Motors Company Limited, Duodu Antwi, who threatened to eliminate the wife and children of his employer, is being sought for by the police.
Antwi, who is five feet, seven inches tall, dark in complexion and slim, allegedly vacated his post after his undated, hand-written threatening letter got into the hands of the wrong person.
The letter, which was addressed to the chief security officer of the company, was delivered to the director of the company, Mr Salim Kanmonia.
Antwi, who signed the letter “The Secret Ex-soldiers as GH Alkaida”, complained that “Lebanese in the country have no respect for the military, the police and even the laws of the land and were using Ghanaians as slaves without paying them the correct salaries and wages”.
It wondered how a security officer could work for 12 hours and get paid for eight hours.
“Now if they don’t want to pay from their pocket, they will pay with their lives. We don’t want to cross the men themselves but their wives and children. Please give us Mr Salim Kanmonia’s wife’s name, his car number, the number of children he has and their names and where they attend school,” it demanded.
“Chief, this is all that we want from you. It will help you, myself and all Ghanaians,” it concluded.
According to Inspector Joseph Benefo Darkwah of the Public Affairs Unit of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), it was a threat that the police were not taking kindly to at all.
He said considering the recent murders that shook the country, it was important that the public assisted the police to arrest the suspect.
He said Antwi was suspected to be hiding in Sunyani, Abesim, Berekum or Techiman, all in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Inspector Darkwah commended the complainant for coming forward to lodge the complaint and appealed to Ghanaians to be security conscious and report such threats for assistance.