37 residents of Ada arrested over confrontation with police
“The community advised itself appropriately that they are going have a self-defense mechanism against the coming of the investor into the community. In the course of the conversation, one of the men jumped into the back of the pick-up to get his gun,“ Mr. Isaac Gbenatey, Assembly member for the area narrated
The Police have arrested 37 residents of Luhour in the Ada District in the Greater Accra Region, over confrontations members of the community had with police officers who were in the community to provide security for Electrochem Company Limited, which is advancing measures to mine salt in the area.
According to reports, the police lost a firearm during the process leading to the arrest of the 37 persons.
“The community advised itself appropriately that they are going have a self-defense mechanism against the coming of the investor into the community. In the course of the conversation, one of the men jumped into the back of the pick-up to get his gun,“ Mr. Isaac Gbenatey, Assembly member for the area narrated.
After the incident, police returned to the community and raided various homes, and arrested the 37 persons.
“They broke people’s doors, burnt motorbikes, and broke the screens of some plasma TVs in their rooms. People who were even ill on their sickbeds were driven out of their rooms,” Mr. Gbenatey added.
