[ 2021-02-11 ]

Six Arrested for ‘assaulting’ policemen
Six men are in the custody of the Amasaman Police
in the Greater Accra Region for allegedly
assaulting some policemen on patrol duty in the
environs of Amasaman and Pokuase.

They were part of a mob who assaulted the law
enforcement officers at Sapeiman Faase, near
Amasaman, in the Ga West Municipality.

Their names were given by the police as Phillip
Klevor Kokou, John Tetteh, Daniel Lavor, Wisdom
Selassie, Ofori Daniel and Peter Klutse.

They have been charged with obstruction and
assault of public officers.

The attack

Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Public Relations
Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command,
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge,
said the men were arrested yesterday.

She said some police personnel on patrol duty
spotted a young man standing behind the fence of a
house at about 9:30 p.m. and questioned him, but
the young man took offence.

He is said to have raised an alarm which attracted
a number of young men in the area who attacked the
police personnel.

In the process of the attack, two hand cuffs and a
cell phone belonging to the police personnel were
taken by some of the young men.

The police called for backup, and with the
intervention of the additional personnel, six of
the men were arrested.

The handcuffs and mobile phones were also
retrieved from those arrested.

Source - Graphic Online

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