[ 2015-01-08 ]

Bukom Banku released from police custody
Boxer Braimah Kamoko alias Bukum Banku has been
released from Police custody.

He was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly
inflicting physical harm on some persons after a
disagreement at a ceremony at Gbese in Accra.

Speaking to Citi News the PRO of the Accra
regional Police command ASP Effia Tenge that
investigations are still ongoing in the
circumstances leading to violence in Gbese in
Accra yesterday.

“He has been granted a police enquiry bail and
this is to enable the police gather more
information at what happened in Jamestown
yesterday. and we may call him if there is a need
for us to do so and if we have to process him for
court we will do so,” she said.

Earlier, the Accra Regional Police Commander DCOP
Christian Tetteh Yohuno told Citi News that the
police were processing him for court.

“We are processing the case for causing harm,
assault and then we will send the case to court.He
is in our custody and we will process him for
court today,” he added. DCOP Yohuno said
information available to the police suggests that
some persons attacked Bukom Banku’s wife adding
that “he was also against the celebration of
particular event celebrated by the local people
every year. So he went there with the purpose of
stopping whatever they were doing.”

The situation he said led Bukom Banku and his men
to attack some people in the area using machetes
and bottles.

According to him the police had to step in
reinforce security in the area to maintain law and
order.

“Eventually we got Bukom Banku and eight other
suspects arrested. In the course of that we even
have some victims including an old lady who was
hit by a bottle. She claims that it was Bukom
Banku who hit her. We also have another gentleman
who sustained cuts on the head,” he stated.

Source - Daily Guide

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