A manhunt is underway by the Donkokrom Divisional Police Command in the Eastern region for the arrest of a hunter who stormed a registration centre for Ghana Card to fire a warning shot over delay in registration.
According to an eyewitness, the incident happened some few days ago at Takroatwene community also called Maame Krobo Junction around 4:00 pm bringing the exercise to a halt at the centre.
He said, the suspect who lives in Okyerekrom, a farming community near Fosu, was furious that the NIA officials were refusing to register him for his inability to produce the required documents requested although he had been in a queue since morning. According to the eyewitness, the suspect angrily rushed to his house to pull a single barrel gun, returned to the centre to fire warning shots and fled into the bush.
A source at Donkokrom Divisional Command told Starr News, Police officers from Tease were quickly dispatched to the scene, combed the area but couldn’t find the suspect but recovered a seal of the cartridge he fired.
He said the suspect has been declared wanted.
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, a similar incident happened at Obeyemi Community near Oterkpolu in the Yilo Krobo Municipality. A 35-year-old man – Stephen Tetteh, was arrested for storming a registration centre firing warning shots in an attempt to halt the exercise.
Pressure continues to mount on the NIA to halt the mass registration exercise ongoing in the Eastern Region following 16 confirmed cases of coronavirus but the NIA is adamant.
Starr News has gathered that the Eastern Regional Police Commander, has instructed all districts and Divisional Commanders to provide Security at the registration centres.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM