A meeting between the police and chiefs and opinion leaders at Nima
The Ghana Police Service have intensified efforts to arrest the gang leaders and others implicated in the recent clash at Nima and Mamobi in order to deter others as well as promote peace in the country.
They have, therefore, urged all chiefs and opinion leaders at Nima and its adjoining communities to partner them to stamp out violence and crime in the area.
The appeal was made during a meeting between the police and chiefs and opinion leaders at Nima and its adjoining communities. The meeting was to get the community leaders to partner the police to help in curbing violence in the area.
Speaking at the meeting at the Kawukudi Park at Nima, the Director-General of the Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, urged the leaders to support the police in their operations to curb violence in the area.
Community engagement
He said the police would also be undertaking community engagements and education, for which it would need the support of all Zongo chiefs and opinion leaders.
“With the support of Zongo chiefs and opinion leaders, we can build a safer community. As for the criminals behind the recent violence, we will pursue them; we will go all out to ensure we arrest them and make them face the law,” ACP Ofori said.
He also appealed to the youth of the area to refrain from violent activities.
Protection
The Director-General of Police Operations, DCOP Alhaji Mohammed Suraji, said the police would continue to patrol the area and deploy men to the community to ensure continuous police presence.
He urged the chiefs and opinion to alert the police to any suspicious activities or acts that might escalate into gang-fueled shootings.
The Zongo chiefs and opinion leaders applauded the police for engaging them and for their prompt intervention following the violent clash in the area.
One of the leaders, Mr Issah Wahib, urged the police to carry out more aggressive prosecution of cases involving violence in Zongo communities to reduce violent crimes there.
“The police must take a stronger stance on prosecuting violent crimes. They must take the prosecution of offenders more seriously because gun battles such as happened last Tuesday put innocent people at risk,” he said.
Mr Wahib also praised the police for “coming into the community to assess the situation on the ground and for putting in strategies to curb such crimes”.
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