{"id":414841,"date":"2018-04-01T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-01T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=414841"},"modified":"2018-04-02T08:56:40","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T08:56:40","slug":"two-police-officers-escape-lynching-in-volta-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/04\/two-police-officers-escape-lynching-in-volta-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Police officers escape lynching in Volta Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
But for the swift intervention of the Chief of Tsyiome -Sabadu near Vakpo and his elders, two officers of the Ghana Police Service would have been lynched.<\/p>\n
Detective Corporal Vincent Adorvlo and a Community Police were investigating a reported threat on the lives of a local pastor and his congregants when the town folks rounded them up at the Chief\u2019s Palace.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”yIWDJggVXjYsDgzBwbpnPvi06d5lFFEX”]The town-folks, who according to eyewitnesses thought the police were arresting their chief, besieged the Palace with weapons and other sharp objects to ostensibly attack the officers.<\/p>\n
Narrating the incident to Citi News<\/strong>, the eyewitness said the angry youth who manhandled the officers were chanting war songs and issuing death threats.<\/p>\n Gripped by fear, the Chief whisked the officers into his room while the community elders calmed the mob.<\/p>\n It took about three hours to restore calm and escort the investigators to their base.<\/p>\n Reports suggested that the town-folks have been up in arms against a church whose pastor they accused of certain misconducts.<\/p>\n The North Dayi District Commander of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Tawiah, who confirmed the incident to Citi News<\/strong>,\u00a0 said the Detectives were at the Chief\u2019s Palace to invite through the chief, the leader of the gang that was threatening the lives of the pastor and his church.<\/p>\n He said his outfit had commenced investigations into the matter to bring culprits to book.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: King Norbert Akpablie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" But for the swift intervention of the Chief of Tsyiome -Sabadu near Vakpo and his elders, two officers of the Ghana Police Service would have been lynched. Detective Corporal Vincent Adorvlo and a Community Police were investigating a reported threat on the lives of a local pastor and his congregants when the town folks rounded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":383268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[3,7590,519,18392,247],"yoast_head":"\n