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Seventeen Suspects in Bawku Crisis Airlifted to
Accra for Trial
Bolgatanga, July 1, Ghanadot/GNA - Seventeen people
suspected to be involved in the Bawku conflict were on
Tuesday airlifted from Tamale to Accra to ensure speedy
investigations and trails.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Ofosu Mensah-Gyeabour, Upper
East Regional Police Commander, briefing the media in
Bolgatanga before the departure of the suspects by road from
Bolgatanga to Tamale to be airlifted to Accra, explained
that the reasons for their being sent to Accra was to
fast-track investigations into their cases.
He said it would also prevent relatives and friends of the
suspects in the Region from always pestering the Police
personnel investigating their cases.
He explained that for six months now the Upper East Regional
Coordinating Council and the Government and other
stakeholders had been trying to bring calm to Bawku, but
some few individuals were taking the law into their own
hands by engaging themselves in nefarious activities.
DCP Mensah-Gyeabour pointed out that the Government could
not continue to spend huge sums of monies and resources in
the Bawku crisis because of few individuals, who would want
to trample upon the law.
He said Government was committed to the promotion of justice
and bringing peace to Bawku and noted that the suspects,
when found culpable would be made to face the full rigours
of the law.
He stated that the suspects involved in the Bawku conflict
would be thoroughly investigated by the Criminal
Investigation Department (CID) in Accra with assistance from
the Upper East Regional CID and the necessary sanctions
taken against the offenders.
DCP Mensah-Gyeabour warned people, who continued to fan the
Bawku conflict, to desist from that since they would be made
to dance to the tune of their music when caught.
GNA
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