Former DCE police to ensure peace at Mim

Sunyani, April 26, GNA - Mr. Mohammed Kwaku Poku, former Asunafo District Chief Executive has appealed to the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Command to respond honestly, timely and professionally to the recent disturbances at Mim to ensure a lasting peace in the area.

Mr. Doku made the appeal in a petition addressed to the Regional Police Commander on recent security issues at Mim. Other recipients of the petition were the Chairman of the Regional Security Council (REGSEC), District Security Council (DISEC), District Police Commander, President of the Mim Traditional Council and the media.

He noted that the only antidote to the on-going crisis "is for your office to conduct a thorough and partial investigations into the initial assault as brutalities that triggered off the series of disturbances in the Mim township".

Mr. Doku said perpetrators of the brutal assault on the public-spirited chairman of the unit committee, who organized communal labour to clear a thicket suspected to be the hide-out for criminals, drug peddlers and addicts must be brought to justice. "Any attempt to use Nana Adututu Kwarteng and 10 others for alleged possession of arms will be scratching the surface of the matter and the end result will be too chaotic to handle", the former DCE added.

Mr. Doku stated that Mim was the economical industrial hub of Brong Ahafo Region and no individual or group of persons should be allowed to hold the people of Mim to ransom. Recent riots in Mim culminated in the arrest and prosecution of Nana Adututu Kwarteng, Benkumhene of Mim Traditional Area and 10 others for alleged possession of arms.