Views: Visits 5 By Festus Ahon A middle-aged man has been arrested by the Police in Asaba, the Delta State capital for allegedly stabbing a 15-year old girl, Omelagu Chidinma at the neck region, below her lower jaw for reportedly refusing his love advances. The middle-aged man who was simply identified as Asika, according to a source is a neighbour of the victim’s parents at Infant Jesus area of Asaba. ALSO READ: Eid-el-Fitr: Spare some time for the needy Uzodimma tells Muslims Revealing that the victim’s family are living in a batcha (bamboo house), the source who pleaded anonymity, said “trouble started when Asika woke up in the morning and accused the victim whom he had been asking out, of littering the compound.
Tema police record 58 robberies, 3 attempted murders
May 11, 2021
The Tema Regional Police Command in the first quarter of 2021, has recorded 58 robbery cases and three attempted murder cases.
The robberies, involved car snatching, one street robbery, 51 residential robberies, three workplace robberies, and two highway robberies.
Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu, Acting Public Relations Officer for the Tema Regional Police, told the Ghana News Agency, that one of the attempted murder case was before court and two others under investigation.
She said three cases of abduction of children under 18 years were also under investigation.
Chief Insp Dzakpasu said the Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Regional Police Command recorded 15 cases, involving three defilements cases, two duties to maintain a child, two emotional, verbal, psychological abuse, seven cases of failing to maintain a child and one rape.
The Tema Regional Police Command in the first quarter of 2021 recorded three attempted murder cases in the region. Chief Inspector Stela Dede Dzakpasu, Acting Public Relations Officer for the Tema Regional Police, told the Ghana News Agency that one of the cases was sent to court and under trial, the remaining two were under investigation. Touching on other cases, she said three cases of abduction of children under 18 years were also under investigation. A total of 15 cases were recorded in the first quarter of the year by the Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Regional Police Command. The 15 consisted of three defilements, two duties to maintain a child, two emotional, verbal, psychological abuse, seven cases of failing to maintain a child and one rape.
Armed robber arrested in Tema LISTEN
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The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested a 25-year old suspected armed robber, Musah Adam alias Adams, in his hideout in Tema.
The suspect had been on the radar of the Police for some time but luck eluded him, leading to his arrest by the Police, acting on intelligence, in Tema on May 5, 2021.
Musah Adamu has since been arraigned before the Tema Circuit Court and remanded into police custody to re-appear on May 17, 2021.
This was contained in a statement signed and issued by Chief Inspector Stella Dede Dzakpasu, Acting Public Relations Officer, Tema Regional Police Command, and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Tema.
The Eastern Regional Police Command has called on the management of hostels and guest houses to strengthen security and demand National Identification cards from clients who patronize their facilities.
This, according to the Acting Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, Sergeant Francis Gomado, will help provide accurate information about their guest to help check crime.
The call follows the killing of a young woman at Gameli Guest House in Somanya in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The Director of the Guest House David Teye Annor reported at the Somanya Police station on April 6 that on Monday, April 5 at about 3:00 pm, a young man who gave his name as Charles Tetteh to the receptionist together with a lady now deceased identified as Believe Sakitey checked into the Guesthouse and were expected to check out the following day at 12:00 pm.