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DISEC averts Kokomba attack on
Nkwanta
Nkwanta (V/R), Nov. 28, Ghanadot/GNA- The timely
intervention of the Nkwanta District Security Committee (DISEC)
and the Police led by Mr Joseph Denteh, Nkwanta District
Chief Executive averted a possible attack on the people of
Nkwanta by Konkobas from Portripor, also in the Nkwanta
District.
The committee visited Portripor last Sunday to calm the
nerves of about 300 charged Kokomba youths, who were
planning to attack residents of Nkwanta over the death of a
Kokomba, James Mpoacha, 32, a businessman.
Mpoacha, a resident of Portripor was reportedly killed by
unidentified persons at Nkwanta.
Kokombas reportedly gave DISEC and the Police a week to get
to the bottom of the matter or they (Kokombas) would go
ahead and launch the attack.
Mr Manuri Donkor, Assemblyman for Bonakye Electoral Area
told the GNA that the deceased on October 22, this year
informed his family that he was visiting some business
partners at Nkwanta and never returned.
He said the family of the deceased never made any report to
the Police until November this year, explaining that the
deceased sometimes travels out and stay for long periods
before returning.
Meanwhile, the Police on November 26, this year discovered a
decomposed male body believed to be that of the deceased, a
Kokomba, after close to a week fruitless search.
The body was found dumped in a ditch at the outskirt of
Nkwanta, about 4 metres from the main road.
The body has since been deposited at the Nkwanta District
Hospital Mortuary.
David Sekyere Bruku, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP),
Nkwanta District Police Commander said the body would be
sent to the Police Hospital in Accra for autopsy.
He told the GNA that a suspect had been picked up and placed
in custody to assist in Police investigations.
Mr Joseph Denteh said preliminary information gathered and
circumstances surrounding the death of the deceased appeared
complex and urged the Kokombas to exercise restraint while
the Police continue with the investigations.
GNA
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