Accra, Jan. 22, - Residents of
Dome-Kwabenya Community, a suburb of Accra on Monday called on the Inspector
General of Police to beef up security in the community following last Sunday
January 21, jail break incident at Kwabenya Police Station.
On Sunday dawn, a Police
Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi, was shot in an attack carried out by a gang of six
armed men who stormed the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters to free
suspected armed robbers who were in custody.
Scores of residents told the
Ghana News Agency(GNA) after the incident that they now live under a state of
fear and panic, therefore the presence of more security personnel would help
calm their nerves.
Mr Harold Ofori, a Nurse told the
GNA that he was even scared when he was on duty last night because he did not
know what was going to happen to him and his colleagues and therefore appealed
to the IGP to increase the presence of
security men within the community to ensure safety,
Ms Adelaide Kumi, a student told
the GNA that but for her parents, she would not have attended school on Monday
as she was scared for her life those of
her parents who leave home early for work and return late, adding that “I will
be happy if the police can protect us going forward”.
A driver, who plies between Haatso
and Accra also told the GNA that because of the incident, he could not start
work early as he normally does and was sure it would affect business since
other colleagues had told him the same story of fear.
“Now when you are driving at dawn
or at night you will be scared because you cannot tell whether you are picking
genuine passengers or unscrupulous people, the police should protect us in this
community and country because we do not feel safe anymore,” he said.
The hierarchy of the Police
Service including; Mr David Asante Appaetu, the IGP, Dr George Akuffo Dampare,
Director-General of Operations, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwa Addo-Dankwa, Acting CID
Director-General, and DCOP George Mensah, the Greater Accra Regional Commander
of the Ghana Police Service visited the community on Sunday
In the Sunday dawn attack, the
armed men freed seven suspects made up of six Ghanaians and a Nigerian who were
on remand.
The remand suspects are; Dickson
Ofori, Chibuzor Akwuba, Edem Rockson, Emmanuel Kotey, Prince Osei, Kofi Darko
and Atta Kwadwo.
The suspects are aged between 20
and 34 years old, police officials said.
GNA
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