Bawku shooting blamed on lack of vigilance

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ADAMA 11 years ago

Give them pito. ..

Give them pito. ..
MR Mister 11 years ago

Wee Market Opens In Ho

Date: 15-Jan-2013

A 24-hour wee market has started full-time operation at Ho, the Volta Regional Capital.

The market, which has attracted all kinds of drug dealers, users and inves ...
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Wee Market Opens In Ho

Date: 15-Jan-2013

A 24-hour wee market has started full-time operation at Ho, the Volta Regional Capital.

The market, which has attracted all kinds of drug dealers, users and investors to the regional capital, has for the past five months, made very high returns.

The booming Ho drug market which some have described as the fastest growing drug enclave in the country, is located within the Anlokordzi area spreading to the Kpaco House, the location where a young man was killed last June during a dawn swoop.

The heart of the wee market is believed to be behind the Metro Mass Transport Terminal and its tremendous progress is believed to have been the byproduct of the June 10, 2012 shooting incident which saw the death of one Atsu Mensah.

The operations of the drug market and major actors, residents complained, had affected their health, security and social life. Others have also been affected by the excesses of the market including robbery, attacks and assaults.

Last Saturday, the operations of the wee market were scuttled when the Volta Regional Police Command conducted a dawn swoop in the area.

The Regional Police Commander, Mr Alex Bedie, noted that out of the many dealers and peddlers, only 20 were arrested including a female and a physically-challenged man.

He explained that the Police had several reports that wee peddling had resumed in full swing after the shooting incident last year June.

As a result, the police conducted their own investigations which revealed that “a 24-hour complete wee market” was operating in the regional capital.

DCOP Bedie noted that the residents had been taken hostage by the activities of the wee peddlers and users to the extent that every available space in the vicinity had been taken over.

He said some could not even open their windows due to the wee smoke, and the fear of being robbed. He recounted the complaint of a resident who proved that she and her family had been told by doctors that they were wee smokers after they had been tested over some health problems.

Apparently, the amount of smoke emitted through the activities of the wee market had made them passive smokers, hence affecting their eyes and lungs.

The police boss said “these people have taken over the whole area with no normal, peaceful, human activity apart from their nefarious activities.”

He said a profile would be conducted on each suspect arrested for a thorough investigation to bring the peddlers, users and lead actors of the wee market to book. DCOP Bedie also assured residents that the Police would ensure that their homes were not turned into drug hideouts and shops.
hassan bagaya 11 years ago

inshallahu Allah will reward the family of the deased for their pationat Ameen. Asfor the killer Allah will reward him for what he has done.

inshallahu Allah will reward the family of the deased for their pationat Ameen. Asfor the killer Allah will reward him for what he has done.
TerriblY spe cifiC Dog Breed 11 years ago

Yep ! we payed for the most uncivilezed in our midst in the north to go to school free from kindergarten through college, host them in our towns,and our homes, fed them, and game them jobs. At last we gave them free flight to ...
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Yep ! we payed for the most uncivilezed in our midst in the north to go to school free from kindergarten through college, host them in our towns,and our homes, fed them, and game them jobs. At last we gave them free flight to Saudi Arabia to worship their thin gods and what are we getting in return ? the middle finger. And what about the chimpanzees from togo ? we saved them from persecution and welcome them in Ghana in 1954. what are they doing persecuting us through all manner of means agbenegba fools. Wake up Ghana and smell the coffee dishing out by foreigners from togo, and burkinafaso.
SHABAKO 11 years ago

TERRIBLY SPECIFIC DOG BREED.?YOU ARE REALLY A DOG,PIG,SHEEP AND A PROPER CHIMPANZEE FROM CHINA ZOO,GHANA IS NEVER THE RESERVED PROPERTY FOR ANY BODY,WHETHER YOU ARE FROM THE NORTH,SOUTH,EAST AND WEST.WHAT IS HAPPENING BAWKU I ...
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TERRIBLY SPECIFIC DOG BREED.?YOU ARE REALLY A DOG,PIG,SHEEP AND A PROPER CHIMPANZEE FROM CHINA ZOO,GHANA IS NEVER THE RESERVED PROPERTY FOR ANY BODY,WHETHER YOU ARE FROM THE NORTH,SOUTH,EAST AND WEST.WHAT IS HAPPENING BAWKU IS NOT THE BEST,AND THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT,IT CANNOT HAPPENED IN ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY,IT CAN HAPPEN IN PART OF THIS COUNTRY.IT IS NOT MY INTEREST TO RAINED INSULTS ON YOU BUT IN ANOTHER,SO BE IT.
WILLIAM 11 years ago

When a mad man insults you and runs and you chase him,guess what onlookers and he himself will think!!!1

When a mad man insults you and runs and you chase him,guess what onlookers and he himself will think!!!1
Asoreba 11 years ago

Too many Chiefs. How come we have all these "Conflict Resolution Experts" and yet not a single problem is RESOLVED in Ghana. Let's stop making all these unnecessary claims with self-induced names and just speak the truth. A ...
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Too many Chiefs. How come we have all these "Conflict Resolution Experts" and yet not a single problem is RESOLVED in Ghana. Let's stop making all these unnecessary claims with self-induced names and just speak the truth. As long as there is truth, there will be less conflicts
Reality 11 years ago

Asoreba, I hope you are not confusing conflict with violence. As long as human beings exist, conflict will also exist. Violene however can be reduced as a result of conflict. Are you also saying that because we train docto ...
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Asoreba, I hope you are not confusing conflict with violence. As long as human beings exist, conflict will also exist. Violene however can be reduced as a result of conflict. Are you also saying that because we train doctors and diseases still exist, we should stop visiting them?
Reality 11 years ago

Asoreba, I hope you are not confusing conflict with violence. Conflicts will always exist as long as humans exist. Are you also saying that because doctors treat patients and yet still we have diseases, then we should stop ...
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Asoreba, I hope you are not confusing conflict with violence. Conflicts will always exist as long as humans exist. Are you also saying that because doctors treat patients and yet still we have diseases, then we should stop visiting them?
anayomi 11 years ago

NDC IS SENDING SOLIDERS TO FIGHT MUSLIMS IN MALI WHEN THEY CANT EVEN HANDLE BAWKU WHAT A JOKE

NDC IS SENDING SOLIDERS TO FIGHT MUSLIMS IN MALI WHEN THEY CANT EVEN HANDLE BAWKU WHAT A JOKE
?????????????????????????????????? 11 years ago

WAW WHAT A SMART COMMENT...WE DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR OWN BUT WE SEND TROOPS FOR PEACE KEEPING. NOT JUST NDC ALL OF THEM STUPID POLITICIANS. ONE DAY GHANA WILL BE BACK ON ITS FEET

WAW WHAT A SMART COMMENT...WE DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR OWN BUT WE SEND TROOPS FOR PEACE KEEPING. NOT JUST NDC ALL OF THEM STUPID POLITICIANS. ONE DAY GHANA WILL BE BACK ON ITS FEET
WILLIAM 11 years ago

If only you followed what government has done and continues to do. The management has been effectively handled. Prevention and resolutiion is the responsibility of the local elite and chiefs!!They must step up to the plate. N ...
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If only you followed what government has done and continues to do. The management has been effectively handled. Prevention and resolutiion is the responsibility of the local elite and chiefs!!They must step up to the plate. No one can impose sustainable peace on them from outside!If you cannot use your education to liberate your people from conflict then......
Ebo 11 years ago

We should all be fed up with the Bawku nonsense that has been going on for years and still not resolved! Don't the waring factions know we have a new era and gone are the days of brutalities. At least don't they see behond an ...
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We should all be fed up with the Bawku nonsense that has been going on for years and still not resolved! Don't the waring factions know we have a new era and gone are the days of brutalities. At least don't they see behond and realise Mahama as President and other good guys in paliament from the Bawku area? Its time to give up and be part of the solution and the civilized Ghana!!!!!
WILLIAM 11 years ago

The local elite and youth groups of Bawku, please save your people, our people, for sake of our dear children who have the right, so far denied, to go to school in peace in order to break out of the cycle poverty and help tak ...
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The local elite and youth groups of Bawku, please save your people, our people, for sake of our dear children who have the right, so far denied, to go to school in peace in order to break out of the cycle poverty and help take Ghana forward!!
WILLIAM 11 years ago

Mr. Bombandey, this is misplaced!It cannot be that the security agencies are the ones alone to be constantly vigilant! Every succesful security depends also on the level of commitment of local leaders and the public to protec ...
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Mr. Bombandey, this is misplaced!It cannot be that the security agencies are the ones alone to be constantly vigilant! Every succesful security depends also on the level of commitment of local leaders and the public to protect the peace! Security agents are not superhuman!If the local leaders and the public are more serious such eruptions can better be prevented or handled.
kamal saeed 11 years ago

Am dissapointed in Bawku people how could some of you behave like something else try to be civilse killing yourself will not solve the problems.Think fast please

Am dissapointed in Bawku people how could some of you behave like something else try to be civilse killing yourself will not solve the problems.Think fast please
ABASS CEASAER FROM -- CHICAGO ILLIN 11 years ago

PEOPLE NEEDS TO THINK BEFORE THEY REACT BECAUSE WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND .

PEOPLE NEEDS TO THINK BEFORE THEY REACT BECAUSE WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND .

Bawku shooting blamed on lack of vigilance

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