Chiefs and opinion leaders of the Tamale Metropolitan Area on behalf of the Overlord of the Dagbon Kingdom have called on Ghana Police Service to immediately release the 13 suspects arrested during the protest at the Tamale District Court on Monday, August 28.
Their call comes after the chiefs met with the delegation of the IGP at the Northern regional police headquarters in Tamale.
Addressing the media on behalf of the chief, Saha Naa Abdul Latif, said the police should release the suspects and return their motorbikes.
He also alleged that the police stormed the Gukpe Naa’s Palace and started shooting into the palace, wounding five people.
“I took off from the UDS campus rushed here, and I couldn’t even find my way to the police headquarters and from there I managed to make my way to the district court where the youth amassed. Actually, the whole issue centered on the drug peddling that is going on in town. So the youth of Tamale with the support of the chiefs and everybody have vowed to leave the drug trade in the mud so those who were arrested were arraigned before the district court.”
“But I hear those drug peddlers were allowed off the hook, so the youth did not take it kindly. And unfortunately, the police came in and started firing indiscriminately and in the process five of our compatriots got wounded and are currently receiving treatment at various hospitals within the municipality. Then later on in the day we also heard some five policemen were also wounded,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the Judicial Service Staff Association of Ghana (JUSAG) has condemned the attack on the Tamale District Court by some residents in the Northern Regional capital.
Monday’s attack saw residents troop the Court premises in their numbers, pelting stones that destroyed fixtures and injured a police officer, leading to exchange of gun fire by the Police to disperse the irate youth.
In a statement dated August 28, signed by Samuel Afotey Otu, National President of JUSAG, it condemned the barbaric act of the miscreants.
It also commended the Ghana Police Service for their swift intervention with reinforcement that saved the properties and lives of the
Magistrates, Court Officials, Lawyers, Litigants and other court users during the sad event.
It called on the Judicial Service and the securities services to intensify efforts to ensure optimum safety and security of all officers of the Court before justice administration resumes at the Court.
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