Police personnel deployed to ensure peaceful Kwahu Easter festivities
Acting Eastern Regional Police Commander,
ACOP James Abass Abaah, says his outfit would ensure the protection of
lives and property during and after the Easter festivities in the
region.
To this end, the command has detailed four hundred police
personnel to the Kwahu area to ensure incident –free activities during
the Easter period.
Over the years, bizarre incidents have
occurred during such Easter celebrations at Kwahu, leaving many
merrymakers and celebrants in great shock, as burglars also use the
opportunity to attack innocent people.
Addressing a press
conference in Koforidua on Thursday to outline the police preparedness
for the Easter festivities, ACOP Abass said the police would step up
their security measures to ensure that the festival is incident free.
He
therefore cautioned merrymakers and celebrants to discipline themselves
since the police would deal ruthlessly with any trouble maker.
The
Acting Regional Commander said the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit
(MTTU) of the police would also detail personnel to ensure order and
compliance of the traffic regulations during the holidays.
According
to him, there would be no room for unregistered vehicles and
motorcycles at Kwahu during the period and urged the public to cooperate
with the police.
Last year a cross section of the media reported
that a lady in her mid-twenties openly had sex with a young man in the
full glare of merry-makers which left many people in great shock.
The
alleged incident took place on the popular Obomeng high street where
many merry-makers on such occasions converge for fun and socialization
around 2030 hours on Easter Saturday.
ACOP Abass cautioned the
media to be circumspect in their reportage in order not to scare
prospective merrymakers and celebrants away from the area.
GNA
