The inmate who lost his life was reported to have allegedly attempted to snatch a weapon from a Police Officer who was trying to control the situation but was shot by another Policeman on site.<\/p>\n
Some inmates believed to have been the ring leaders for the attempted jailbreak have been transferred to various prisons.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n However, at a media briefing in Kumasi, the Interior Minister bemoaned the destruction the fire and the preceding chaos had caused to the facility.<\/p>\n He described as unfortunate that while government together with the Prison administration were assiduously working to provide the necessary relief and training for prisoners, some suspected Prison officers were conniving with inmates to attempt to break jail.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a case where we were working hard to get equipment for the prisons so that when they come out, they would have learnt a trade but if you go into the prison now, you will see massive destruction,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n Mr. Woyongo disclosed that he has personally had an interaction with the Prison officers \u201cand I told them that anyone of them who is involved in this thing, we will not have mercy for any Prison officer.\u201d<\/p>\n He insisted that government will bring to book the perpetrators, stressing that \u201cto be honest with you, I am not happy with the massive destruction done to the prison.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana![\"MARK-WOYONGO-MIN.-OF-DEFENCE-6-\"](\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/MARK-WOYONGO-MIN.-OF-DEFENCE-6-.jpg\")
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