Category Law & Order

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• May 11, 2024
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Kan Dapaah calls for unified action, innovative strategies against terrorism in Sahel Region

Minister of National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, has called for a united effort between state and non-state entities to combat the threat of terrorism and violent extremism.

According to Dapaah, such collaboration is essential to tackle the escalating security challenges in the Sahel region and its neighbouring countries.

Speaking at the launch of this year’s Accra Initiative, Kan Dapaah stressed the importance of adopting innovative strategies to address current regional security concerns.

“The greatest challenge we have now is to stop the killing of the people and the only way this initiative becomes useful is for us to help the front-line countries be able to stop the terrorists. How come we have bigger armies than the terrorists? The terrorists are not that many and yet countries like Mali, like Niger, like Kina, and Paso, cannot finish them in a day.”

Kan Dapaah explained that the decision to unite during this Accra initiative is a result of being faced with the inability to achieve certain tasks within a short timeframe due to needing more resilience.

“If they cannot do that in a day or a month because they don’t possess the resilience, why don’t we come together to fight them? So we decided to have not just the ACRA initiative but a multinational joint task force which will be capable of providing kinetic support to member states.”

“Let me take this opportunity to recall our shared commitment to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Africa Union’s Agenda 2063. With only five years left to reach the Sustainable Development Goals, we must not lose our gains over the last 10 years. Together, as individuals and as a society, we can do more to ensure a safer and more secure world for all,” she said.

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• May 11, 2024
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Ghana enhances readiness against terrorism

A new Forward Operating Base (FOB), a secure military installation that helps with tactical operations in an area, has been constructed at Sandema in the Builsa North District of the Upper East Region.

This forms part of efforts by the leadership of Ghana’s security and intelligence agencies to secure the nation’s frontiers and deal decisively with extremism and terrorism, which has been drifting southwards towards the coast of West Africa, particularly from the Sahel.

They have also expressed readiness to enhance the country’s security to deal with internal security threats, such as tribal conflicts, chieftaincy, and land disputes.

The new FOB was established as part of the Ghana Army’s expansion drive to occupy ungoverned spaces in the Northern territories of Ghana prone to terrorist attacks.

The National Security Coordinator, Mr. Edward Asomani, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Oppong Peprah, the Director General of the National Intelligence Bureau, Mr. Nana Attobrah Quaicoe, and other senior officers of the Ghana Armed Forces visited the Sandema FOB to build confidence in the troops at the base.

Mr Asomani promised to support the Ghana Armed Forces with all that is needed to make the FOB more comfortable for the troops and expressed appreciation to the troops for their dedication.

He also pledged his preparedness to ensure that similar FOBs are replicated in other parts of the country and expressed appreciation to the contractor for the speed with which he completed the project. He indicated that the location is strategic in view of the threat the nation faces.

The construction of the Sandema FOB follows the construction and commissioning of other FOBs in parts of the country. Last year, another FOB was commissioned at Tilli in the Bawku Municipality. Early this year, another FOB was commissioned at Bui, with a plan to construct another at Obuasi in the Ashanti region.

The Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Oppong Peprah, expressed his appreciation to the National Security Coordinator for the immense contribution from the Ministry of National Security. He assured the National Security Coordinator of the readiness of the Ghana Armed Forces to continue protecting the peace and security of the state.

• Christian
• April 21, 2024
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Court remands mason over theft of 222 bags of cement

A 32-year-old mason has been remanded by the Pakyi District Court over an alleged theft of 222 bags of cement valued GHC17,516.00, belonging to his employer.

Emmanuel Sebeh has denied the offence, and he will be brought back to the Court on May 2, 2024.

Police Chief Inspector Christian Amartey told the Court presided over by Madam Dora Nsiah Jackson that Madam Gifty Afriyie, the complainant, was a trader whilst Sebeh, the accused person, was a resident of Paa near Trede.

He said Complainant owned a cement shop where the accused lived and in December 2023, he contacted and pleaded with complainant to employ him at her cement shop as a sales boy.

Chief Inspector Amartey said the complainant obliged and handed over 300 bags of cement to him to sell each at GHC78.00 and paid him monthly.

Prosecution said on March 8, 2024, complainant went to the shop to take stock only for her to detect that there was no single bag of cement at the shop.

The Court heard that when Sebeh was asked of the whereabouts of the bags of cement, he said some workers had come for them on credit and he could not account for 222 bags of them.

Police Chief Inspector Amartey said when his employer asked for the names of his creditors, he could not give out the names and where they could be located.

The complainant reported the matter to the Trede Police, Prosecution told the Court.

Sebeh, in his investigation cautioned statement, admitted the offence and after investigation, he was charged with the offence to appear before court.

• Christian
• April 21, 2024
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Farmer sentenced to 24 years for defiling pupil

The Tarkwa circuit court has sentenced a 56-year-old farmer to 24 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a 10-year-old pupil.

The convict, Kwaku Sarfo, who is popularly known as Kantanka was convicted on his own plea when he appeared before the court presided over by Mrs Hathia Ama Manu.

Although, Sarfo pleaded for mercy, the court rejected his plea and imposed the sentence on him to deter men of his calibre from committing such offences against innocent girls in Tarkwa and its environs.

Superintendent of Police, Juliana Essel-Dadzie, prosecuting told the court that the complainant was a farmer and father to the victim, a primary four pupil, and both resided at Anokwa in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality with Sarfo.

She said on Thursday, March 28, 2024, around 1300 hours, the victim was sent by her parents to fetch water from a nearby stream for domestic use.

Prosecution said while on the way, Sarfo who was the complainant’s neighbour, called the victim and gave her a white margarine container to fetch water for him.

Superintendent Essel-Dadzie said when the victim returned with the water, Sarfo asked her to take it to his room, and she did, and he followed her, locked the door and forcibly had sexual intercourse with her.

Sarfo, after satisfying his sexual desire, threatened the victim not to disclose it to anyone, and asked her to go home.

Prosecution said the following day, the complainant noticed the victim was bleeding from her vagina and he interrogated her, but she kept quiet, and the complainant together with the wife took her to the Prestea Government Hospital for treatment.

Superintendent Essel-Dadzie said the victim informed the medical officer who examined her at the facility about her ordeal in the hands of Sarfo.

The complainant was immediately informed and he lodged a case with the Prestea police, and he was issued a medical report form in respect of victim to be taken to the hospital for endorsement.

Prosecution said after the act Sarfo went into hiding, but on Saturday, March 30, 2024, he was picked up in Prestea by the police.

• Christian
• April 21, 2024
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Court remands 36-year-old trader for stealing employer’s money

The Ashaiman District Court has remanded into police custody a 36-year-old trader, Patience Kofi, for stealing GH₵ 3,200.00 belonging to her employer.

The Court presided over by Mr. Derick Pardden Eshun, remanded him to reappear on April 22, 2024, for sentencing after pleading guilty to two counts of unlawful entry and stealing.

Inspector Henry Tetteh Nartey, prosecuting the case, said the complainant, Madam Vida Tetteh, is a cook and lives at Kakasunanka number two.

He added that the accused person, who was residing at Somanya, started assisting her at her canteen located at the Ashaiman roundabout.

He stated that on January 11, 2024, at about 0800 hours, she stole the complainant’s house keys and went to her house at Kakasunanka number two, where she entered her room and made away with cash in the sum of Gh₵ 3,200.00.

The prosecutor added that the following day, Madam Tetteh was about to wash her clothes when she detected that her money had been stolen, adding that upon enquiring from neighbours, she was informed by her landlord that her employee was seen entering the room, but they did not question her because she was using the key.

The court further heard that she was subsequently arrested, and an investigation caution statement was obtained from her in which she confessed that she stole the money.

She was, therefore, charged and put before the court after an investigation.

• Christian
• April 20, 2024
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OSP files fresh charges against former PPA Boss

The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has filed fresh criminal charges against Adjenim Boateng Adjei, the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA),

He has been charged with eight counts of misusing public office for personal profit and manipulation of procurement processes to gain an unfair advantage in the award of procurement contracts.

The charge sheet, which was filed at the Criminal Division of an Accra High Court, said an additional charge of misusing public office for personal gain against a co-worker, Francis Kwaku Arhin, who happened to be his brother-in-law had been dropped.

The President referred the case to the OSP for prosecution following of an audio-visual documentary titled ” Contracts for Sale,” an investigative piece by Manesseh Azure Awuni that was aired by the Multimedia Group.

Initially, Mr Adjei was charged alongside his brother-in-law, who was the CEO of Talent Discovery Limited on May 25, 2022.

He was alleged to have been a principal shareholder in Talent Discovery Limited, with Mr Arhin holding a minority stake.

The accusation revolved around the exploration of Talent Discovery Limited as a front to secure public contracts.

Source: GNA