IGP Deploys Special Terrorism Force To Kumasi

The Police Administration has described as unfortunate, reprehensible and un-Ghanaian an invasion of a Kumasi Circuit Court last Thursday by some people linked to Delta Force, a political vigilante group in the Ashanti Region, during which 13 members of the group who were standing trial for a similar criminal act at the Ashanti Regional Coordinating Council were aided to flee from lawful custody.

The Police have subsequently condemned the act in no uncertain terms and also declared war on all forms of vigilantism. 

Addressing the media in Kumasi this morning (April 8) for the first time since the incident took place, the Inspector General of Police, David Asante-Apeatu, described the invasion of the Court as an act of criminality that will not go unpunished.

The IGP admitted that the Court invasion has cast a slur on Ghana’s image internationally for which reason, the Police will review its security arrangements at the Courts with the objective of forestalling a re-occurrence anywhere in the country.

The Ashanti Regional Police Commander, DCOP Ken Yeboah, noted that the Regional Security Liaison Officer flouted an earlier warning to stay away from the office on the 24th of last month when he was attacked after he had been alerted by an intelligence report.

The Regional Police Commander noted that all the 13 escapee accused persons who surrendered to the Police after the Court melee together with the eight others connected to the invasion are all in lawful custody.

GBC