Accra, Nov. 21, GNA - President John Evans Atta Mills has commended the Togolese security authorities for their role in the re-arrest of the notorious fugitive Jonathan Kombian.

A statement issued by the Information Ministry on Sunday expressed the President's commitment to continue to support the security agencies to fight crime and ensure that every Ghanaian is safe at all times.

The President said the successful re-arrest of Kombian attests to what effective collaboration between nations in an environment underpinned by shared information and mutual trust can produce. He commended the National Security Apparatus for the effective co-ordination and collaboration that led to the arrest in Togo.

The statement revealed that two Togolese fugitives, Suabe

Jamong and Dafalian Durk, who killed a Togolese military officer

after robbing a Benz bus and escaped into Ghana, were arrested in

Ghana and extradited to Togo on October 4. President Mills reminded the security agencies of his earlier

directive to them to step up their efforts in combating the menace

of violent crime and ensure that criminals are ruthlessly dealt with. He also warned that Prison officials who allowed convicted

criminals to escape would not be spared and urged them to

maintain a high sense of discipline and professionalism. The President appealed to all Ghanaians to assist in the fight

against crime, noting that fighting the menace is a shared

responsibility. He asked the citizenry to be vigilant and volunteer information

about suspicious elements in the society. The statement said Government would continue to provide the

security agencies with all the support including logistics and

capacity building.