{"id":390885,"date":"2018-01-12T06:23:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T06:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=390885"},"modified":"2018-01-12T06:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T06:23:27","slug":"five-arrested-yendi-bushfires-destroy-electricity-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=390885","title":{"rendered":"Five arrested in Yendi after bushfires destroy electricity poles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Yendi Divisional Police Command has arrested five persons for causing the destruction of\u00a0wooden electricity poles after they lost control of bushfires they started.<\/p>\n<p>A number of motorbikes were also seized during the operation.<\/p>\n<p>The situation has cut power supply to several communities along the Mion-Yendi highway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-390891\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6aea0931-2ba4-4ee1-bb46-398a63ad89f2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6aea0931-2ba4-4ee1-bb46-398a63ad89f2.jpg 555w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/6aea0931-2ba4-4ee1-bb46-398a63ad89f2-300x270.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the Yendi Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Kwapong Patrick, his Command has launched a vigorous operation to clamp down on the activities of bush burners.<\/p>\n<p>He described the intensity of bushfires especially during the harmattan season as a human security threat, hence the move to stop the practice.<\/p>\n<p>He cautioned chiefs and opinion leaders in the area against interference in the exercise.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390893\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390893\" style=\"width: 541px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-390893 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/c316517b-a086-43a9-b466-7b2cf3387a9b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"541\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/c316517b-a086-43a9-b466-7b2cf3387a9b.jpg 541w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/c316517b-a086-43a9-b466-7b2cf3387a9b-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 541px) 100vw, 541px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Motorbikes seized by the Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chief Superintendent Kwapong Patrick advocated a stronger collaboration between his command and the Yendi and Mion district assemblies to fight the menace.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the burning of wooden electricity poles and people&#8217;s homes, large acres of farmlands have been destroyed by out-of-control bushfires over the years.<\/p>\n<p>Several acres of rice plantations have been scorched, worsening the nation&#8217;s food challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Those engaged in this nefarious activity consider it a cultural heritage, as they hunt for rats and other animals hiding in the bush.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_390892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-390892\" style=\"width: 511px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-390892 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/07ab8afe-dace-4999-a7a6-71c8c79953df.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/07ab8afe-dace-4999-a7a6-71c8c79953df.jpg 511w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/07ab8afe-dace-4999-a7a6-71c8c79953df-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-390892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Persons who hunt rats and other animals in the bushes start fires to draw them out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/Citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Yendi Divisional Police Command has arrested five persons for causing the destruction of\u00a0wooden electricity poles after they lost control of bushfires they started. A number of motorbikes were also seized during the operation. The situation has cut power supply to several communities along the Mion-Yendi highway. According to the Yendi Divisional Police Commander, Chief [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":390894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1667,16080,16079,3,61],"class_list":["post-390885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","tag-arrest","tag-bushfire","tag-electricity-poles","tag-ghana-news","tag-yendi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=390885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/390894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=390885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=390885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=390885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}