Police say faceless individuals are behind the foot soldiers

Tamale, Feb. 7, GNA - Deputy Commissioner of Police Roy Amuni, the Northern Regional Police Commander, said on Monday that there were some faceless individuals behind the constant 93foot soldiers" demands and ac= tions including towing auctioned vehicles from government departments.

He warned the 93foot soldiers" and their patrons to desist from t= heir acts and said 93when we get them, they will face the music," describing their act as criminal and must not be entertained. Mr Amuni told the GNA in an interview that the police had drawn up strategies in getting the 93foot soldiers" arrested, adding that the pol= ice always got to the scene of crime late with the perpetrators bolting away. "The 91foot soldiers' are behaving like spoilt children who do not realize the harm they are causing to themselves=85they are being push and w= hen we get hold of them, we will know who are behind them", he said.

Mr Amuni said the police initially suspected 93Azoka's group" to= be behind the foot soldiers activities in the region but this turned out to be false after investigations. He advised the 93foot soldiers" to use appropriate means of acquir= ing the vehicles if indeed they were interested in them adding 93it is surpris= ing that the foot soldiers may not even be able to buy the vehicles when given the chance."

"Everybody is fed-up with the escapist of the 91foot soldiers' an= d when they mean to battle with the police, then it will be a disaster for them"= , Mr Amuni said adding that the threat of the 93foot soldiers" to the poli= ce that the police cannot do anything to them were empty ones. He said the police were constrained in arresting them because the police do not know them and appealed to the public to volunteer information to the police to arrest them.

Mr Amuni said some of the vehicles belonging to the Tamale Teaching Hospital had been abandoned and had been taken to the hospital. He Amuni said all the attacks of the foot soldiers were under investigation and the culprits would be dealt with in accordance with the law. 07 Feb 11

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