Police in Gwollu, the capital of Sissala West District in the Upper West Region, has justified why it failed to arrest\u00a0supposed New Patriotic Party youth who locked up the District Chief Executive, Mohammed Bako in his office, saying that had to be done to prevent an escalation of tensions in the area.<\/p>\n
That’s the explanation from the District Police Chief for the area, Guy Raymond, who spoke on Eyewitness News.<\/strong><\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”FDMUqDKKPKNB2A7Q9CGpJaVVJKbZ5pMg”]He has however assured that the culprits will definitely be brought to book soon.<\/p>\n Explaining why the suspects were not arrested on the spot, Mr. Raymond said: \u201cIn situations of this nature, you do not rush in making arrests. You may end up escalating the issue, so it will take time for us to know what to do. Looking at the situation at the time, we had to use our discretion and the best option was to invite the leadership and see the way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt is not a lawful conduct. That is why we are pursuing the matter. We are still investigating, and the perpetrators will be brought to book,\u201d Mr. Raymond added.<\/p>\n Some rampaging youth believed to be sympathizers of the NPP stormed the precincts of the Assembly and locked up the District Chief Executive, Mohammed Bakor in his office.<\/p>\n They have accused the DCE of engaging in \u201cdivide and rule\u201d tactics, and failing to address their concerns.<\/p>\n It took the intervention of the police to free the DCE.<\/p>\n An eyewitness, who spoke to Citi News<\/strong>, said the youth came around 11:30am on Thursday, \u201cchanting that they don\u2019t want him again, and that there is smuggling in the district and all those things.\u201d<\/p>\n Police in Karaga in the Northern Region also failed to arrest suspects who invaded a police station<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, and freed some NPP members who were in police custody.<\/p>\n The Public Relations Officer of the Northern Regional Police Command, ASP Yusif Tanko, explained that the \u201cvolatile” nature of the incident did not allow for immediate arrests.<\/p>\n \u201cThe situation was very volatile and the number of rampaging youth was high, so if it happens like that you have to decide whether you will bring the situation under control and arrest or bring the situation under control and later make the arrest, but in our situation we thought bringing the situation under control first was the best.”<\/p>\n \u201cWe have not made any arrests yet, but Karaga is very calm and we are assuring you that we will take decisive action at Karaga,” he added.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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