Accra, Aug 26,
Ghanadot/GNA – Uniformed and plain clothes police
personnel have been deployed at Agbogbloshie in Accra to
maintain calm as well as gather intelligence on what
caused bloody clashes there on Tuesday that led to the
death of three people.
Chief Inspector Kweku Dompreh, Officer in-charge of
Police Public Relations for the Accra Region, told the
Ghana News Agency in Accra on Wednesday that calm has
returned to Agbogbloshie area following the deployment
of policemen.
On Tuesday Agbogbloshie, one of the major market centres
in Accra, witnessed violent clashes that resulted in
deaths and injury to three people.
Chief Inspector Dompreh said the police had not yet made
any arrests but had stepped up investigations into the
incident.
He said the police had heard comments that the violence
was politically and ethnically motivated but they would
conduct their own investigations instead of relying on
comments.
Chief Inspector Dompreh said one of the injured people
was treated and discharged but the remaining two were on
admission.
He said police personnel would remain in the area and
cautioned residents to desist from criminal acts.
The Police Administration has warned perpetrators of
the violence stop it immediately.
A statement issued in Accra and signed by the Director
of Public Affairs, Deputy Superintendent of Police Kwasi
Ofori, said:”The police will take reasonable steps such
as arrests and prosecutions to stop this violence. The
police will not allow any person or group of persons to
import violence into the capital city.”
It said the police were at
Agbogbloshie to de-escalate the on-going violence and
assured the public that because locality was a market
area, efforts would be made to protect life and
property.
The police appealed to local chiefs and opinion leaders
in and around Agbogbloshie to advise their kinsmen and
followers to desist from the criminal acts.
GNA
