{"id":84427,"date":"2015-01-21T14:53:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=84427"},"modified":"2015-01-21T14:53:50","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T14:53:50","slug":"igp-calms-ho-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=84427","title":{"rendered":"IGP calms Ho residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/16\/ho-chiefs-threaten-to-replace-police-with-asogli-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>concerns raised by the chiefs and people of Asogli<\/strong><\/a><\/span> in the Ho municipality, the Inspector General of Police Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan paid a working visit to the area to assess the situation and allay the fears of the people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;1lxlLDjXKYGaXeYcE50czbApuMYAPLJW&#8221;]The working visit which coincided with a forum organised by the Volta regional Security Council to discuss security issues in the Municipality \u00a0and develop new strategies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The IGP reassured residents of Ho of frantic efforts being put in place to curb the tackle crime in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said additional police personnel have been deployed to the area to beef up security and intensify surveillance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr Mohammed Alhassan disclosed to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> that new police stations would be established at vantage points in the municipality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Additionally security tents would be mounted at isolated areas which include Goshen City, Mawuli Estates and Area 52.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/POLICE1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-81782\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/POLICE1.jpg\" alt=\"POLICE\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/POLICE1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/POLICE1-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Along with the measures, the police administration would recruit able men in the communities to form vigilante groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;My visit here today is to assess the situation on the ground so we can re-strategize measures to clamp down activities of the criminals,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile the deputy Volta Regional Minister Hon Francis Ganyaglo commended the police for the urgency they have attached to the situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He appealed to citizens to volunteer information to the police to help fight crime.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a related development the police on Monday in Ho after a swoop conducted paraded about 19 suspected criminal for public identification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspected criminals were picked from their hide-outs at some crime flash points..<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The angry Asogli chief threatened to take their safety into their own hands after they expressed concerns over the spate of criminal activities in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: King Norbert Akpablie\/citifmonilne.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following concerns raised by the chiefs and people of Asogli in the Ho municipality, the Inspector General of Police Mr Mohammed Ahmed Alhassan paid a working visit to the area to assess the situation and allay the fears of the people. 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