{"id":367364,"date":"2017-11-01T12:25:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T12:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=367364"},"modified":"2017-11-01T12:25:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T12:25:16","slug":"7-npp-supporters-remanded-over-sissala-west-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/7-npp-supporters-remanded-over-sissala-west-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"7 NPP supporters remanded over Sissala West chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some seven\u00a0supporters\u00a0of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), suspected to have played various roles in disturbances in the Sissala West District, have been remanded into police custody after appearing before a Wa Magistrate Court.<\/p>\n<p>The Sissala West Constituency Chairman of the\u00a0NPP was one of the suspects remanded.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;9VfuEQU94dpJipsPggfC34xXf8cjVOJH&#8221;]The other six were identified as Alidu Mumuni, Mahamudu Forkah, Walika Iddrisu, Adamu Sumani, Zaato,\u00a0Suley\u00a0 Mohammed and Gbene Lukeman.<\/p>\n<p>The seven, according to the police, are among over 100 persons who are currently on the run.<\/p>\n<p>They have been\u00a0charged with\u00a0rioting. The court hearing took place amid heavy police presence. The youth, who stormed the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/26\/sissala-west-dce-locked-up-by-angry-npp-youth\/\">DCE&#8217;s office<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, accused the DCE,\u00a0Mohammed\u00a0Bakor, of engaging in \u201cdivide and rule\u201d tactics.<\/p>\n<p>The agitating youth also complained that\u00a0they were being neglected in favour of people aligned to the DCE,\u00a0Mohammed Bako.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector Daniel Yeboah of the Upper West regional police CID, prosecuting the case, said the seven suspects led a team of demonstrators with offensive weapons to attack the offices of the Sissala West district assembly on the 26 of last month.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-8572098252638564198ymail_android_signature\">\n<p>He said the DCE \u00a0was ousted from his office in the process, bringing work to a close at the Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Inspector\u00a0Yeboah, therefore, charged the accused persons for conspiracy to riot and rioting with offensive weapons and prayed the court to remand the accused persons to make way for the police to apprehend some hundred others connected to the case.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel for the accused, Ubaidu Bin Sadique, could not succeed in his plea for bail for them. Although he argued that the facts presented by the prosecution do not support the case, the court preceded over by Braimah Sydney upheld the request by the police and asked that the seven be remanded and to reappear on\u00a0next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Upper West Regional Minister, Sulemana Alhassan, earlier <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/28\/attack-on-sissala-west-dce-nothing-serious-minister\/\">downplayed the incident<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, which he said stemmed from\u00a0a minor disagreement between the\u00a0NPP youth and the\u00a0DCE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning to police commanders<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This development comes a day after the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/01\/arrest-vigilantes-or-be-sanctioned-dery-warns-police-bosses\/\">warned that Police Commanders <\/a><\/strong><\/span>who fail to ensure arrests and prosecution in vigilante-related incidents will face sanctions<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is any vigilantism in your area, you must investigate and bring them to book otherwise the commander of that area \u2013 be it the village, district or regional commanders \u2013 must be sanctioned, we must stop it. When incidents occur, you either tell us you\u2019ve arrested the perpetrators and are investigating or you are sanctioned. Whoever it is that\u2019s supposed to sanction but doesn\u2019t do so, will be sanctioned as well. We don\u2019t want any more stories,\u201d the Minister said.<\/p>\n<p>The government&#8217;s commitment to security has been questioned following the recent upsurge in the number of incidents involving political vigilante groups across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Several groups of Ghanaian youth, believed to be members of the governing NPP, have gone on rampage at least wreaking havoc at state institutions and attacking public officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Latif Mahama\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some seven\u00a0supporters\u00a0of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), suspected to have played various roles in disturbances in the Sissala West District, have been remanded into police custody after appearing before a Wa Magistrate Court. The Sissala West Constituency Chairman of the\u00a0NPP was one of the suspects remanded. 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