Corpses of the two policemen murdered in Zuarungu of the Bolgatanga East District in the Upper East Region by suspected criminals on Wednesday night have been airlifted to Accra. The two Constables Emmanuel Akowuah and Adams Suley were shot by some unknown robbers at Zuarungu. According to the Police Public Relation Officer, they were shot while they were on their routine motorbike police patrols in the Zuarungu Township on December 15, 2021, when they coincidentally run into the robbery scene where three suspected robbers were seriously robbing a shop. One of them was partially burnt after the robbers shot into the fuel tank of the motorbike he was riding on. The Inspector-General of Police, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare supervised a parade in honor of the departed policemen at the Police Public Safety Training School (PPSTS) at Pwalugu on Friday, December 17, 2021, before the bodies were airlifted to Accra. Ahead of the parade, the bodies of the two victims were conveyed from the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital Morgue to the PPSTS at about 10 am. After some police rites and a street lining ceremony of Police personnel biding their departed colleague’s farewell, the Military helicopter landed at the Training School at about 12:30 pm. After the brief ceremony, the helicopter departed with the bodies to Tamale en route to Accra at about 1:50 pm. Corpse The IGP and his entourage also departed to Accra. While the helicopter carrying the bodies of the two policemen was en route to the Tamale Airport, the personnel who participated in the parade at the PPSTS were debriefed by the Regional Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP), Dr. Sayibu Pabi Gariba and the Commanding Officer (CO) of the 11 Mechanized Battalion of the Ghana Army, Lt Colonel Mintah Agyemang. The personnel were urged not to be down-spirited and that the military will collaborate with the police to bring the perpetrators to book. Conveying a message to the personnel on behalf of the IGP, Dr. Gariba expressed the gratitude of the IGP and the Police Administration to all the personnel of the Ghana Police and Security Agencies that participated in the parade. He also assured the personnel of the command’s unflinching support for them. The helicopter later landed at the Airforce base in Accra where Dr. Dampare on behalf of the Ghana Police Service received the bodies together with the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Frank Hanson and the Accra Airforce Base Commander, Air Commodore Joshua Mensah Larkai. Another parade was held in honor of the two deceased policemen at the Airforce base where their colleagues and senior officers bid them farewell. The bodies were subsequently conveyed for preservation. The Police Administration thanked the Ghana Armed Forces particularly the Chief of Defense Staff, Vice Admiral Seth Amoama, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Frank Hanson for their collaborative efforts in airlifting the bodies of the police officers. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your adverts and credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093
Police promised to give Ghc 50k to anyone with vital information about the criminals who murdered officers in Upper East
The Inspector-General of Police has issued a Fifty Thousand bounty (Ghc50, 000.00) for anyone ready to provide information that will lead to the arrest of criminals who murdered the two Policemen on duty in Zuarungu. Apexnewsgh.com report According to the Upper East Regional Police command, two of their men have been murdered by some unknown criminals while on official duty. The two Const. Emmanuel Akowuah and Const. Adam Sulley visited their untimely death at the Zuarungu Market in Bolgatanga East of the Upper East Region on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. However, according to the Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service ASP. David Fianko Okyere who addressed the media Sais: “The information we have is that, when the patrol teams were on their duties around 7:00 Pm evening Wednesday, December 15, 2021, we got information at our control room here that armed robbers had attacked a particular shop in Zuarungu area and for that matter, they needed police assistance”. “Meanwhile, these two policemen on motorbike patrolling had already started their duty. So, it’s just a coincidence that arrived on the scene where the crime was committed and unfortunately, the criminals fired on them and that is what we have as of now. Interestingly, barely 10 hours after the incident in the region, the IGP George Akufo Dampare visited the region to ascertain the level of damage caused and as well to encourage his personnel not to be weak in spirit because of the tragic incident of their colleagues. “Barely 10hours after the incident, the Inspector General of Police George Akufo Dampare himself has paid a visit to the region to get firsthand information about the incident and also to raise the moral of our personnel. “He is currently in the regional headquarters here addressing the personnel. Earlier, he visited the crime scene in Zuarungu market square, he also visited the chief and people of Zuarungu at his police, he met the community near the crime scene and assured them that he will do everything possible as a police administration to ensure we get the perpetrators of this heinous crime either dead or alive and he wished that we get them dead and what it means is that, he has charged police personnel in the Upper East Region to do everything possible to ensure we arrest the perpetrators of this heinous crime. And this should prevent us from doing our work, this should rather ginger us to go ahead to combat crime in the region”. Meanwhile, since March 2020, the region has not recorded such a heinous crime.
JUST IN: 34 suspected armed criminals arrested by Police in Bawku
Upper East Regional Police service has arrested Thirty Four(34 )suspects criminals in a dawn swoop. 1. The Upper East Regional Police Command as part of measures to deal with security threats in the Zebilla and Tilli forest area on Saturday, July 24, 2021conducted a Joint Police Military intelligence-led operation in the Bawku Division to counter the threats. 2. In a dawn operation in some towns and villages targeting criminals in that jurisdiction saw the arrest of Thirty Four (34) suspects and retrieval of one gold detector two(2) Motobikes suspected to have been snatched, stolen or robbed from their owners. 3. Out of the 34 two have been identified as part of some five suspected robbers on the police wanted list in the Region. 4. Screening is ongoing to assist investigations. 5. The Upper East Regional Police acted on the intelligence by the special surveillance team that some of the robberies on that road are perpetrated by some herdsmen in the towns and villages in the jurisdiction who operates under the guise of shepherding their castles by pushing them across the road and when motorist stop they rob them at gunpoint. 6. The Regional Police command assures the public especially residents and commuters of the Bolgatanga Bawku highway of enhanced security strategy including 24-hour robust patrols, snap checkpoint for a routine stop and search, swoops on suspected criminals in the areas to ensure maximum security. 7. Further the command entreat the public not to fear commuting on Bolga-Bawku road or any place in the Upper East Region as sound security measures have been deployed to pursue criminals in the region to make their activities unproductive. 8. Meanwhile the command calls for greater cooperation from the public by way of providing police with information on criminals and their activities in the communities leading to crime prevention. 9. Anyone with information on any criminal or a group should report to the nearest police station or personnel including other security services or call Police on emergency numbers 181,18555,112 or call the Upper East Regional Police operations room numbers 0299204666 for quick police responds. SGN David Fianko-Okyere (ASP) Public Affairs Officer/ UER Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093









