Officers and Policeman Run for Their Life

Mr Jojo Arko-Dontoh, Nkoranza District Director of National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) and two others fled into the bush for dear life when hunters they had attempted to stop from going on a group hunting expedition threatened to kill them.

Mr Arko-Dontoh, Mr Roger Gyimah of the District NADMO Office and Police Corporal Obiri Arhin had gone to stop an urvan bus in which about 30 hunters were travelling to Ayerede, an area rich in animals, to hunt for game.

The Police told the Ghana News Agency that the NADMO officers and Corporal Obiri-Arhin went to stop the hunters following a tip-off because the District Assembly had passed a bylaw banning group hunting.

When they spotted the vehicle carrying the hunters they signalled to the driver, who stopped, but the hunters aimed their guns at the three and threatened to shoot them and they had to flee into the bush.

Meanwhile the driver of the bus, Yaw Owusu, who is known to be fond of carrying group hunters on expeditions has been arrested and is assisting the Police to identify those involved.

Group hunting has been identified as one of the major causes of bush fires that destroy villages and farms in the area annually.