{"id":240289,"date":"2016-08-18T09:11:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T09:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=240289"},"modified":"2016-08-18T09:11:25","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T09:11:25","slug":"police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Afram Plains South district in the Eastern Region have reportedly fled their post following demonstrations by residents of the area.<\/p>\n<p>The residents are angry that the Police allowed the\u00a0suspects who attempted to rob a GCB Bank bullion van at Maame Krobo to escape.<\/p>\n<p>The attempted robbery led to the death of the driver of the van after a heated exchange of gunfire between the police officer in the van and the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;HGwY2KBvYxpFspt25nmLhYlgG4rTpiXc&#8221;]The Afram Plains District Police Commander, Superintendent Obeng Dompreh on Wednesday told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> he was on his way to Koforidua to hand the suspects over for further interrogations but the Police there are yet to receive the suspects.<\/p>\n<p>A resident of Afram Plains Abdul Hamid Ibrahim told <strong>Citi News<\/strong> the residents went on rampage this morning after hearing two of the suspects, who are believed to be Police officers have escaped.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is total confusion here. It\u2019s very bizarre. The residents said they will embark on a series of demonstration until the Police bring back the suspects. If they don\u2019t bring the armed robbers back, then they [residents] don\u2019t need the Police commanders here in Afram Plains,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>He said the mob smashed the windows of the Police station after they went there to demand answers because according to them, they suspect the Police deliberately allowed their two police officers to escape.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in the Afram Plains South district in the Eastern Region have reportedly fled their post following demonstrations by residents of the area. The residents are angry that the Police allowed the\u00a0suspects who attempted to rob a GCB Bank bullion van at Maame Krobo to escape. The attempted robbery led to the death of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":211253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Police in the Afram Plains South district in the Eastern Region have reportedly fled their post following demonstrations by residents of the area. The residents are angry that the Police allowed the\u00a0suspects who attempted to rob a GCB Bank bullion van at Maame Krobo to escape. The attempted robbery led to the death of the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-18T09:11:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/\",\"name\":\"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-18T09:11:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-18T09:11:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b\",\"name\":\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/allotey\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"Police in the Afram Plains South district in the Eastern Region have reportedly fled their post following demonstrations by residents of the area. The residents are angry that the Police allowed the\u00a0suspects who attempted to rob a GCB Bank bullion van at Maame Krobo to escape. The attempted robbery led to the death of the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2016-08-18T09:11:25+00:00","author":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/","name":"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2016-08-18T09:11:25+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-18T09:11:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/police-flee-post-as-residents-protest-over-escape-of-gcb-van-attackers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Police flee post as residents protest over escape of GCB van attackers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/f2af5176fd89b19b3c31f8a4b9660f9b","name":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39abdd010da0725707cd850c74a394cf?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Godwin Akweiteh Allotey"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/allotey\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240289"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}