Land guard Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/land-guard/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Thu, 23 Nov 2017 08:08:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Land guard Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/land-guard/ 32 32 Kasoa, 50 other crime hotspots to emerge by 2021 – Aning https://citifmonline.com/2017/11/kasoa-50-other-crime-hotspots-to-emerge-by-2021-aning/ Thu, 23 Nov 2017 05:59:04 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=376576 Security expert, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has sounded warning bells that Kasoa in the Central Region has become a crime hotspot which requires urgent security intervention. According to him, 50 other areas are likely to become havens of crime in the next four years if the country’s security agencies do not take urgent steps to arrest […]

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Security expert, Dr. Kwesi Aning, has sounded warning bells that Kasoa in the Central Region has become a crime hotspot which requires urgent security intervention.

According to him, 50 other areas are likely to become havens of crime in the next four years if the country’s security agencies do not take urgent steps to arrest the situation.

[contextly_sidebar id=”ryB7mrcHU3UTC4zSVHsqlCmzJ3v6d4W4″]Armed robbery and the phenomenon of land guards terrorizing residents have worsened in various areas on the outskirts of Accra, with Kasoa in the Central recording more cases.

Dr. Aning said Ghana’s ballooning population and unplanned urban growth are a recipe for disaster in the area of security.

“In 4 years time, there will be 50 Kasoas in this country. We don’t want to think about the demographics. In 2063, we will be 70 million in this country. It will lead to massive urbanization, unplanned urban spaces, and it will have an impact on law enforcement. We ought to have at least 60,000 police officers now, but we now have 33,000. We don’t have enough,” he said.

“Kasoa is representative of the demographic plus urban challenge that this country is going to face. It is a transient town, nobody knows anyone, and therefore the murders that we are seeing will escalate by 31st December this year….Kasoa represents small arms, narcotics, poor policing and unplanned urbanization.”

Speaking at the third in a series of Accra Dialogue on “The Scars of Vigilantism: a legal or political question?” at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Law Faculty on Wednesday, Dr. Aning also accused the Inspector General of Police and the police hierarchy of failing in their mandate to deal decisively with the menace of land guards even though his outfit has offered to support it.

The event was organized by the Institute of Law and Public Affairs in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

By: Jonas Nyabor & Caleb Kudah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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Greater Accra Police arrest 50 landguards https://citifmonline.com/2017/11/greater-accra-police-arrest-50-landguards/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:56:15 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=373182 The Accra Regional Police Command, arrested 50 land guards in October 2017. The 50 (21 of whom are on remand, whilst 20 are on court bail, and nine on police enquiry bail) were arrested from five divisions of the Accra Regional Police Command. A statement signed by the Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police […]

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The Accra Regional Police Command, arrested 50 land guards in October 2017.

The 50 (21 of whom are on remand, whilst 20 are on court bail, and nine on police enquiry bail) were arrested from five divisions of the Accra Regional Police Command.

A statement signed by the Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) George Alex Mensah, said the suspects were arrested in areas such as Ngleshie Amanfrom, Ofankor-Obimpe, Ashiyie, Quartey Papafio, Adjen Kotoku, Oyarifa, Asalaja, Mayera, Tuba, East Airport and Ayimensah in the Adenta, Weija, Amasaman, Airport and Baatsona divisions of the command.

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It said a team from the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), and the Counter Terrorism units of the police made the arrests.

“Again, a team of crack investigators were mobilized to land guard-related cases to ensure such cases were properly investigated and sent to court without delay.

“The police, through their operational exercises, were able to impound and retrieve, among other things, one Toyota Corolla (private car), military uniforms and some accoutrements, one pickup vehicle, a pump action gun, machetes, jack knives, live and empty cartridges and motorbikes,” it said.

The statement emphasized that the operation was part of the command’s resolve to clamp down on land guard activities in the Greater Accra Region.

It appealed to the public to constantly furnish the police with credible and reliable information that would help smoke out land guards, and bring them to book in order to end the menace.

Source: Graphic.com.gh

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