DAILY GRAPHIC

The Graphic in a front page story reports that tension is mounting between the people of Gambaga and Nalerigu in the East Mamprusi District of the Northern Region over the citing of the district assembly office complex at Gambaga. The paper says the construction of the office complex has started at Gambaga but the people of Nalerigu are not in favour of this because they feel the district assembly offices should be at Nalerigu which is the seat of the paramount chief of the area. It says as a result of this, the people of Nalerigu are preventing the people of Gambaga from entering the town on market days, and this nearly resulted in an open confrontation last Thursday. GRI

"Two Judicial Service official remanded in custody" is the headline of another front page story in the Graphic which says two officials of the Judicial Service in the Eastern Region were yesterday remanded in custody for stealing 8,566,226.13 cedis belonging to the Service. Cephas Kwasi Kumah, Regional Administrative Officer of the Service and Samuel Gyimah, an usher at a Koforidua High Court, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing the money when they were arraigned at an Accra Circuit Tribunal. The Graphic says two other Judicial Service officials who have been charged jointly with the accused persons are on the run. GRI

The Graphic in a centre spread story says a Sunyani-based businesswoman is demanding two million cedis from the Ghana Police Service for alleged arrest and detention on October 7, this year, which she has described as unlawful. The paper says the solicitor for Madam Janet Boakyewaa, Mr. Wiredu Peprah, has written to the police indicating his client's claim is based on the inhuman treatment the police subjected her to on suspicion that her wares contain some goods allegedly stolen from Wenchi. Madam Boakyewaa who deals in wax prints, is also seeking a refund of her jewellery or its equivalent of 800,000 cedis and a cash of 2.5 million cedis which she alleged got missing from her room when the police "invaded her privacy". GRI