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Assault on Public Officer, Hon. Ransford Kwesi Nyarko and five others arrested for Rioting and Burning of Lorry Tyres

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On December 02, 2020 at about 19:30pm, G/Cpl Frank Mensah with service No 48626 of Otchiso police station, Ajumako reported at Ajumako Police Station that on same day around 16:00pm whilst he was on duty at Ochiso Police Station Charge office as the Counter NCO, he received a complaint from Adwoa Sophia of Ochiso that a certain Cosmos also of same place assaulted her grandson Kofi Akorfo age about 18 for no apparent reason, hence he issued complainant medical form to send the victim to hospital which complainant took victim to hospital and returned with the medical form endorsed.

After taking statement from the victim, he got the suspect arrested and detained him behind the counter but shortly after, a certain man on a motor bike arrived at the Charge office and handed over a phone to him and requested him to give audience to a caller on the phone.

As courtesy demands, he gave audience to the caller only to identify the caller as Bob, popularly known at Ajumako and while on the phone hurled a lot of provoking insults on him and ended up by terming the action he took as purely nonsense so since Bob’s utterances were very irritating and provoking he did not want to respond hence handed over the phone back to the person who brought it.

Few minutes after, two vehicles pulled in at the station with eight occupants led by the DCE of Ajumako Hon Ransford Kwesi Nyarko, Bob, One other in military camouflage and the others whose names are unknown but can be identified and without any provocation pounced on him and assaulted him mercilessly in the presence of two Community Assistants who were on duty with him which afterwards, took away the suspect, and drove away with him.

The NCO who complained of severe pains on his spine as a result of the attack was issued medical form to attend hospital for treatment and report.

The DCE of Ajumako Hon. Ransford Kwesi Nyarko, has been today Monday December 14, 2020 arrested by the Regional CID Cape coast and he is assisting with investigations.

The Regional command is assuring that, pain taken investigations would be done to bring all perpetrators involved to book.

In other development, yesterday around 5:00pm some youth were rioting and burning lorry tyres on the street at Christian Village Junction Achimota.

Five suspects namely

Benedicta Coffie 20 years,

Osai Kweku 23 years,

Mohammed Fona 21 years,

Bismark Teye 30 years and Lukman Zakaria 38 years all members Of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the scene were arrested when the Police Motorbike Patrols and TEMS rushed to the scene and manage to put out the fire.

Whilst caution statements were being obtained from them , other members Of the NDC Party who heard of their arrest started massing up at the Police station.

The Formed Police Unit Team came in and assisted in transferring the suspects to the Regional Command where they have been Detained .

Story: Sheila Satori Mensa

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