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  • My wife left our two-year-old baby with someone for prostitution – Policeman shares

    My wife left our two-year-old baby with someone for prostitution – Policeman shares

    Yeboah, a member of the Ghana Police Service’s night patrol team, has opened up about a distressing incident during which he discovered his wife among prostitutes while on duty.

    Compounding this revelation is an HIV diagnosis that has left him grappling with suicidal thoughts, prompting him to seek solace through counseling with Pastor Prince Elisha Osei Kofi.

    Married for over six years and with a two-year-old child, Yeboah often found himself away from home at night due to his job responsibilities.

    On one such night, responding to complaints about disturbances caused by prostitutes in a neighborhood, he was shocked to find his wife among those detained by his team.

    He recounted, “I have been married for more than six years, and I have a two-year-old baby. I am a police officer with the night patrol team. One day, we received a call from our boss that someone had complained about prostitutes disturbing behind his house, so, we were asked to go and arrest them.

    “When we got there, I saw one lady, and I got frightened, but upon getting closer, I realized that she was my wife. I had left her at home before I went to work, and the things she was wearing, in fact, she was almost naked,” he explained.

    He continued, “So, we arrested all of them and took them to the station. But upon leaving them there, I couldn’t control myself, so I was rushed to the hospital. I didn’t allow my colleagues to know that my wife was part of the group.

    “I was released around 4:00 a.m. and went home. In the morning, around 8 a.m., she came home, and I asked her about our child. She said she had left him in the care of the next-door neighbour, so I went to get the child,” he narrated.

    He had been preparing for an international assignment that necessitated a medical examination.

    However, his plans were derailed when the examination revealed he had contracted HIV, which he believes he got from his wife.

    “When I asked her, she questioned me that how much money do I give to her to feed herself and our child. I told her I would go back to her family and report her, but she said I should go ahead.

    “Unfortunately, I had to travel abroad, and when I went for my medicals for the travel, I realized I have HIV/AIDS now.

    “At that time, I felt like shooting myself to death. What I am going through is unbearable, and I need a counsellor; that is why I am here,” he explained.

    Yeboah also mentioned that his wife eventually packed up and left with their child.

  • ‘Fugitive’ Police officer who fled in 2019 for defiling 13-year-old girl arrested at KIA

    ‘Fugitive’ Police officer who fled in 2019 for defiling 13-year-old girl arrested at KIA

    Former police officer, Emmanuel Nyame, who has been on the look out since 2019 on charges of defiling a 13-year-old girl, has been apprehended at Kotoka International Airport upon his return from Dubai.

    Mr Nyame, attached to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD), had evaded authorities after initially facing arrest in 2019.

    Originally granted bail by the Koforidua Circuit Court “B” with two family members of his fiancée standing surety for a GH¢40,000 bond, Nyame absconded, disconnecting his mobile phones.

    Prosecution details reveal that in April 2019, Nyame took the victim to various locations, including a drinking spot and his residence, where he sexually assaulted her despite her objections, warning her not to disclose the incident.

    Following a medical examination confirming the assault, Nyame was charged with defilement but fled the country through Togo to Dubai.

    His return led to his arrest at the airport and subsequent appearance before the Koforidua High Court, where he remains in custody pending further proceedings.

  • Policeman allegedly commits suicide at Dome-Kwabenya

    Policeman allegedly commits suicide at Dome-Kwabenya

    Reports suggest that Lance Corporal Francis Adusei, stationed at the Service Workshop, allegedly shot himself with a service rifle at his residence in the Atomic Police Barracks, Kwabenya.

    According to a police report, the incident occurred around 8:45 am on Monday, May 6, 2024.

    Neighbors heard a gunshot from Block 3, Room No. 10B, and upon investigation, found Adusei with a gunshot wound inflicted by an AK47 assault rifle (serial number GHGP/58NHQ/PU/AZ6303 – 205). Bloodstains were observed on the bedspread and floor.

    At the scene, an empty shell and a round of AK47 ammunition were discovered in his bedroom.

    The rifle was located on the bed, and the room was locked from the inside.

    Mr Adusei received initial medical treatment at the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission Hospital (GAEC) before being transferred to the emergency ward of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, where he later passed away.

    His body was moved to the Police Hospital mortuary for preservation pending an autopsy.

  • Video: Heartbreaking! See how a policeman lost his life after allegedly chasing a ‘lawless’ okada driver

    Video: Heartbreaking! See how a policeman lost his life after allegedly chasing a ‘lawless’ okada driver

    A devastating scene captured in a video shared by X (formerly Twitter) user @Dek360Ghana is the lifeless body of a police officer on a motorbike who is said to be chasing an Okada driver for a traffic violation.

    According to the tweet’s caption, the Okada driver broke a law and the policeman drove his motorcycle in pursuance of the rider. This happened at Tech Junction, Kumasi.

    Unfortunately, they both met their untimely demise after ramming into a truck packed along the road with no proper signage.

    In the video, the Okada driver lies lifeless in one lane of the road as cars drive past him, while he appears lifeless and hooked onto his bike.

    The policeman is also seen lying on his back on the bike on the tarred floor, bleeding profusely from his head, with a part of the bike sliding under the ‘unlawfully’ parked truck on the shoulder of the road.

    Viewer discretion is advised.

    https://twitter.com/dek360ghana/status/1780554583208587710?s=46
  • Policeman accused of killing gay couple who went missing from Sydney

    Policeman accused of killing gay couple who went missing from Sydney

    A 28-year-old police officer has been accused of killing Jesse Baird and his boyfriend Luke Davies who went missing.

    Police searched hard on Wednesday after the couple’s bloody things were found in a trash can near Sydney.

    Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, who used to date Baird, was wanted by the police and turned himself in on Friday.

    Investigators are still looking for the men’s bodies and are not sure how they died.

    The police say the couple was killed on Monday in Jesse Baird’s house in Paddington, a suburb in Sydney. Then their bodies were put in a white van.

    People said they heard loud talking and arguing in the morning. A van that was rented was seen on video at the same place later that day. The van was discovered in the southern part of Sydney on Friday morning.

    New South Wales Police found a bullet from Beaumont Lamarre-Condon’s work gun at the Paddington crime scene, along with a lot of blood and furniture that was turned over.

    He didn’t come to work on Tuesday. The senior police officer’s gun was found in a safe at the police station later, said Det Supt Daniel Doherty.

    The police found clothes with blood on them, a phone, and credit cards in a bin in Cronulla, which is 28km away from where the crime happened. They also found some things in a house in Balmain.

    Detective Superintendent Doherty said Beaumont Lamarre-Condon is thought to have also gone to Newcastle, which is 170km north of where the crime happened, after the alleged killings.

    He said the information from Beaumont Lamarre-Condon didn’t help the investigation, but tips from the public really did. He asked again for anyone with information to call the police.

    “It’s really important that we find the bodies, not just to know how they died but also to give the family some answers. ” “They are very upset,” Detective Superintendent Doherty said.

    Mr Baird used to be on TV and report from the red carpet, but his show got canceled in December. Davies used to work as a flight attendant for Qantas.

    Many happy pictures of the couple were posted a lot on their social media. Many people have been leaving kind messages since they went missing.

    Beaumont Lamarre-Condon started working as a police officer in 2019. Before that, he was a famous blogger who met celebrities like Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and Miley Cyrus.

    The Australian media wrote about his meetings with famous people, and a magazine asked if he was the biggest fan in Australia.

    Det Supt Doherty refused to say why the crimes happened but mentioned that the police officer had broken up with Jesse Baird a few months ago, so that’s something the police are looking into.

    Beaumont Lamarre-Condon was not allowed to go free and had to go to court on Friday afternoon.

  • Policeman who covertly recorded lady undressing imprisoned

    Policeman who covertly recorded lady undressing imprisoned

    An undercover policeman who discreetly recorded a woman changing before taking a shower on his iPad was sentenced to jail.

    Kieran Ball, 30, a member of the British Transport Police (BTP) who was stationed in Coventry at the time, set up the contraption on a house’s bathroom windowsill.

    On June 10th, 2021, the victim discovered the iPad while getting ready for the shower.

    According to testimony given at Warwick Crown Court, it had been filming her for over six minutes, including when she started to undress.

    She took a video of the iPad on her mobile phone and reported the incident to the authorities.

    Warwickshire Police seized Ball’s mobile devices and the British Transport Police suspended him.

    Ball never accepted any wrongdoing, insisting he was using the iPad to ‘pleasure himself’ as officers accused him of voyeurism.

    In April earlier this year, a jury at Leamington Crown Court found him guilty of voyeurism and, following an accelerated misconduct hearing the following month, he was fired from the force.

    Police bosses said Ball’s actions amounted to gross misconduct.

    He was sentenced to 12 months behind bars on Friday and handed a restraining order banning him from contacting the victim or being within 100 metres of her home.

    Ball will be on the Sex Offender’s Register for the next decade, a judge also ruled.

    Deputy Chief Constable Alistair Sutherland: ‘Ball is a convicted sex offender who attempted to invade a woman’s privacy in a space she had every right to feel safe in – so it is absolutely right that he’s been punished for the abhorrent crime he committed.

    ‘He has clearly undermined the thousands of BTP officers who day in and day out work tirelessly to protect women and girls, and rightly hold themselves to the highest standards of integrity whether they are at work, at home, or anywhere else.’

    DCC Sutherland stressed that the police did not seek disciplinary action against Ball after the incident came to light for fear of it ‘prejudicing the criminal proceedings’.

    ‘Achieving the right outcome for the victim was something we cared very strongly about,’ he said.

    ‘His actions are entirely inconsistent with our values,’ DCC Sunderland added, ‘and there is clearly no place in our force for individuals who behave like him.’

  • Police manhunt robbers in Ablekuma bullion van attack

    Police manhunt robbers in Ablekuma bullion van attack

    The police are pursuing a group of four robbers who assassinated a police officer in a bullion van at a suburb of Ablekuma Fanmilk, Accra.

    The Police in a statement said “Our prayers and thoughts are with the family of our deceased colleague in particular and all personnel of the Police Service in general.”

    The Police Service further assured the public that they will surely get the robbers arrested to face justice.

    On Thursday, June 22, an officer of the Ghana Police Service was shot dead by unknown assailants at Ablekuma Star Oil filling station in Accra.

    A viral CCTV footage shows a group of four men trailing what appears to be a white bullion van.

    One of the armed men after arriving at the filling station just as the van had parked opened the door where the officer was seated and opened fire.

    The officer attempted to attack but his efforts were unsuccessful. Witnesses at the scene including the driver of the van eloped to save their lives.

    Meanwhile, the police have launched a manhunt to apprehend the suspected robbers involved in the tragic event. Sources say the robbers have been captured but that is yet to be confirmed by the Police.

    This tragic incident adds to the list of police officers who have lost their lives due to bullion van attacks.

    In June 2021, a bullion van robbery attack at Jamestown in Accra led to the death of Constable Emmanuel Osei.

    Following this, the Bank of Ghana issued a directive for all financial institutions to procure protective sophisticated vans, failure to which the central bank would not admit any substandard vehicles by the close of June 2021.

    On the matter, the Ghana Police Service announced its decision to withdraw their regular escorts if the financial institutions fail to comply with the directive.

    But the June 2021 deadline was extended and all financial institutions are now expected to ensure they provide bullion vans latest by July 1, 2023.

  • Services of banks not using fortified bullion vans must be withdrawn – Security expert to govt

    Services of banks not using fortified bullion vans must be withdrawn – Security expert to govt

    The Executive Director of the African Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, Emmanuel Kotin, has criticised government for its failure to prioritize the protection of lives by acquiring essential bullion vans for banking institutions.

    This criticism comes in the wake of a tragic incident at the Ablekuma Fan Milk Star oil fuel station, where an armed robbery resulted in the loss of a police officer’s life.

    According to the African Centre for Security and Counter Terrorism, the absence of approved bullion vans in the banking sector may have contributed to the vulnerability that led to the officer’s untimely death.

    In an interview with the media, Mr Kotin, expressed concern over this gap in security measures and urged the Ghana Police Service to take immediate action.

    Kotin emphasized the importance of holding banking institutions accountable for their choice of transportation when it comes to the movement of money.

    He called on the Ghana Police Service to consider withdrawing their services from banks that continue to use unapproved bullion vans, highlighting the need to prioritize the safety and well-being of law enforcement officers involved in these operations.

    “I don’t think anybody in his rightful thinking will have the idea of attacking them that is why I am calling on police personnel to desist sitting in such bullion vans. I know that the operators of such bullion vans are able to get around the rules and the Bank of Ghana because of political connections and political expediency.

    “How long are we going to use political connections to bypass good policies and laws we create? what society are we creating? It is about time we do the right thing,” he stated.

  • Accra-Kumasi highway: Police officer “rescues” sick passenger thrown out of commercial bus

    Accra-Kumasi highway: Police officer “rescues” sick passenger thrown out of commercial bus

    On the Accra-Kumasi Highway, a passenger who had apparently been ejected from a commercial vehicle after his health reportedly declined throughout the trip was saved by Detective Sargeant Bright Armah of service No. 42810.

    The passenger was located by Armah, a police officer assigned to the Apedwa police station in the East Akim District of the Eastern Region, who promised to take the man to the nearest hospital right once.

    According to a Starr FM report, the distressed passenger identified as Henry Owusu Agyemang Ankobea in his 40s believed to be traveling from Asante Bekwai to Accra was allegedly removed from the vehicle he was aboard after his health condition worsened and was gasping for breathe.

    The good samaritan police officer offered to help at a time most passers-by were afraid to assist for fear of the unknown.

    Armah narrated the incident to Starr News: “About 4:30pm, I came across a sick passenger whom according to eyewitnesses was abandoned by a commercial vehicle he was aboard at Apedwa Junction.

    “They assisted him to cross the road to the other side of the road but fell on the ground dying but the people around were afraid and helpless .

    “So when I got there I hired a taxi and rushed him to Apedwa Health Center but was referred to Kibi government hospital in the evening around 8:00pm. He had some Ghc300 in his pocket so I used part of it for the medical expenses,” Detective Sargeant Armah told Starr News Eastern Regional correspondent Kojo Ansah.

    Unfortunately, the passenger died whiles on admission at the health facility and even before his relative, a military officer, would arrive at the hospital.

    “So I called the family members, I called one man who gave his identity as Military officer and said the man was his cousin. Unfortunately, the man died at dawn before the arrival of the family members the next morning and the body deposited at Kibi mortuary,” the police officer said.

  • West Hills death: Details of what happened between police officer and dead man

    West Hills death: Details of what happened between police officer and dead man

    The West Hills Mall management has issued a statement, following a confrontation between a young man and a police officer.

    Shadrach Arloo, 32, is said to have died after he was beaten by a policeman around the West Hills area in Accra.

    The incident reportedly happened on Monday afternoon on January 30, 2023 when the refusal of the young man to hand over his bag to a police officer who demanded to search it led to a confrontation at the mall area where he went to withdraw money.

    The police officer who is said to have gotten agitated hit and pushed him to the ground, leading to his death.

    But in a statement from management of the West Hills Mall, the incident was misreported.

    According to them, eyewitness and mall security personnel accounts indicate that the deceased was confronted by a police officer and asked to present his bag for examination upon suspicion that he was possessing drugs or banned substances.

    Shadrach, is said to have taken out something from his bag and swallowed it as the policeman approached him.

    The mall’s cameras subsequently captured a footage of the officer apprehending the young man together with another he was with as they headed for the main entrance of the mall.

    An attempt by the police to handcuff him resulted in a struggle between the parties.
    The statement further noted that after the police officer succeeded in handcuffing him, the struggle stopped as the man in question appeared to be unwell.

    The handcuffs were then removed by the police officer and he was taken to the medical facility on-site but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
    The Weija District Police have since retrieved the body.

    Below is the full statement as sighted on citinewsroom.com

    PRESS STATEMENT

    Incident at West Hills Mall on Monday, January 30, 2023

    The Management of West Hills Mall hereby confirms that an incident occurred on its premises in the afternoon of Monday, January 30, 2023 which unfortunately resulted in a fatality.

    By eyewitness and mall security personnel accounts, at approximately 3:15pm on January 30, 2023, a visitor was confronted by a Police Officer and asked to present his bag for examination. The Police Officer ostensibly suspected the customer, a young man between 25 and 30 years, of possessing drugs or banned substances. The accounts indicate that the young man hesitated, removed something from his bag and swallowed it as the policeman approached him.

    West Hills Mall’s 24-hour security surveillance system captured footage of the officer apprehending the young man, as well as another man who accompanied him, as they headed for the main entrance of the mall. In an attempt to handcuff the young man, a struggle between the parties ensued while the Police Officer tried to handcuff him.

    He was eventually handcuffed but stopped struggling and appeared unwell after that. The Police subsequently removed the cuffs from his hands, and Mall Security arranged for transportation for him to be taken to the medical facility on-site. Sadly, he was pronounced dead by Medics upon arrival.

    The Weija District Police have since retrieved the body of the deceased.

    The Management of West Hills Mall is shocked by this ill-fated incident. We convey our sincerest condolences to the deceased’s family as we trust that the Police will handle the matter further.

    Thank You.

    Olympio Agbodza
    Assiastant Asset Manager,
    West Africa Asset Management

    Sister’s Account:

    Sister of the deceased who is a gospel musician, Perpetual Didier, narrating the incident in a viral video said that her brother who was scheduled to travel to Germany the next day had gone to the mall for shopping on the said day of the incident.

    He had therefore gone to withdraw money in order to purchase some items intended to be sent to his sister in Germany.

    She added that, from what an eyewitness told her, the police demanded that her brother hand over his bag to be searched, but he refused.

    This then led to the police officer getting agitated and then hitting and pushing him to the ground.

    Perpetual added that her brother fell to the ground and hit his head on the floor, breaking his neck in the process.

    He is said to have lost consciousness, at which time the police officer tased the motionless man on the floor.

    It is believed that this worsened the state the young man was already in, leading to his death.

    While the police have yet to respond officially to these claims, the gospel musician is demanding justice from the IGP.

  • Police officer jailed 12 years for assisting ex-convict escape jail term in a swap for trip abroad

    An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a police officer to 12 years imprisonment for assisting an ex-convict, Harold Davies Johnson, to travel abroad without serving his jail term at the Nsawam Prisons.

    This was after Detective Lance Corporal Kwame Adu Asabereh was found guilty by the court at the end of the trial.

    The officer was said to have allowed himself to be corrupted by Johnson, an ex-convict, to assist him to travel abroad and escape serving his jail term.

    He was charged with forgery of official document, abetment of crime, and corruption by a public officer.

    The facts of the prosecution led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Emmanuel Nyamekye before the court presided over by Mrs Patricia Amponsah are that Officer Asabereh was a police officer stationed at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

    The prosecution said in 2019, a case of defrauding by false pretences involving Harold Davies Johnson, aka Emmanuel Snowden, a British national, reported by Dr Shadrack Asare, was referred to Asabereh for investigations.

    It said after investigations, Officer Asabereh was instructed to charge and arraign Johnson on the charge of defrauding by false pretence.

    Mr Johnson was then put before the court presided over by Naa Adjeley Quaison. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was sentenced to three years imprisonment.

    The prosecution said the convict was handed over to Asabereh, the case officer, to be sent to Nsawam Medium Prison.

    Surprisingly, the prosecution said, Asabereh failed to send Mr Johnson to Nsawam and sent him to his (Asabereh’s) house at Sapieman where he stayed for some time.

    The prosecution said investigations also showed that Mr Johnson promised to assist Asabereh to travel abroad and based on that, Asabereh released Johnson’s passport to him.

    The convict then travelled to the United Kingdom without serving his sentence.

    The prosecution said Officer Asabereh forged the Police Removal of Prisoner Book to suggest that Johnson had been sent and received by prison authorities at Nsawam.

    The prosecution said when Officer Asabereh was nabbed, he admitted the offence.

    Source: GNA

  • How I lost my job, property and wife to drugs Police Investigator in MV Benjamin cocaine bust

    One of four police detectives in the infamous MV Benjamin Cocaine bust, Detective Sergeant Nobert Anane Dei has revealed that he lost his job and marriage as a result of his involvement in drugs.

    He indicated that he has now come to the realization that cocaine is a demonic commodity and once you start, there is the possibility of perpetually getting hooked up and one would need a miracle to be saved.

    “I deserted duties as a result of my addiction to cocaine, I was tried in absentia and sacked. I sold all my property and my wife divorced me. The police service realized I had a problem in the wake of me moving from one place to the other. I sold my Opel Astra, TV and any other property I could lay my hands on. I was just ready to do anything to survive”, he revealed in an interview with Kofi Adomah Nwanwanii monitored by MyNewsGh.com.

    According to him, he started stealing from friends and relations to finance his addiction adding that he literally became wayward and homeless.

    “I was now forced to be sleeping in ghettos and under bridges because I had been kicked out of the police barracks since I was no longer with the Police Service. I was a pickpocket and engaging in all manner of acts”, he revealed.

    It would be recalled that In July 2008, the Accra Fast Track High Court, presided over by Mr Justice Anin Yeboah, now Chief Justice, convicted and sentenced Joseph Kojo Dawson, the owner of the MV Benjamin and Managing Director of Dashment Company Limited; Isaac Arhin, a sailor; Phillip Bruce Arhin, a mechanic; Cui Xian Li, the vessel engineer, and Luo Yui Xing, a sailor, all crew members of the MV Benjamin, to 25 years imprisonment each with hard labour.

    Source: mynewsgh.com

    Source: mynewsgh.com

  • Policewoman found dead in a hotel room; boyfriend arrested

    Police in the Eastern Region has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of Lance Corporal Sara Adjei of the Nkawkaw Divisional Command.

    The deceased police officer was found dead in a hotel at Nkawkaw on Saturday evening, having booked the room a few hours earlier.

    A note believed to have been handwritten by the deceased officer and addressed to one Timothy Dampare, her alleged boyfriend, suggested she owed people money and “so if anything happens, you have caused it.”

    She was found dead in her room by the manager of the hotel.

    A press release by the Eastern Regional Police Command, signed by DSP Ebenezer Tetteh of the Public Affairs Unit, said in responding to the report by starting investigations, the hotel manager and the said Timothy Dampare have been arrested.

    They are to assist in police investigations.

    The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Nkawkaw Holy Family Hospital “awaiting autopsy whilst steps are underway to inform her family.”

    “The Police is assuring the public of thorough investigations into the death.

    “We also entreat the public to volunteer vital information to assist Police to unravel the circumstances leading to the death of the policewoman.”

    Source: 3news.com

  • Policeman jailed 10 years for reportedly extorting GH₵2,000 from civilians

    A Cape Coast High Court on Wednesday sentenced a Police Officer to 10 years imprisonment in hard labour after he was caught on camera demanding an amount of GH₵2,000,00 from some civilians.

    The officer who was stationed at Assin Fosu was caught on camera shamelessly demanding the amount in 2019.

    General Sergeant Augustine Owusu Ansah, No. 45533, stationed at Assin Fosu was seen in the video that went viral, taking the amount from the civilians, one of whom he had arrested for allegedly dealing in narcotics and fraudulent activities.

    Police investigations during the trial revealed that the convict cooked up stories against the civilians just to extort sums of money from them.

    G/Sgt Ansah pleaded not guilty to the charge of extortion but was found guilty after the trial and was convicted by the court presided over by Mrs Malike Woanya-Dey.

    Pleading for compassion, leniency and mercy, Mr Daniel Arthur, Counsel of the convict, said his client was very cooperative during the trial and that as a first time offender he has also shown remorse.

    However, the presiding Judge, said the convict was in a position of trust and should have protected the people but rather chose to take undue advantage of innocent civilians who had to painfully pay the amount.

    She added that the convict had dented the professional image of the Police Service.

    Prosecuting, Mrs Clara Mensah-Agboh, an Assistant State Attorney mentioned Ibrahim Issaka, Richard Sam, Nana Yaw Ankobeah, Abdul Wahab Yusif and Clement Hiagbe alias Element as the complainants who are all friends staying at different places in Fosu.

    She said on Monday, April 29, 2019, the convict went to Issaka’s room in the company of his girlfriend and arrested him for allegedly possessing Indian hemp in his room.

    The prosecution said Mr Issaka was immediately whisked to Anyinabrim Police station, where he called his friend, Richard Sam to bail him, but on his arrival, the convict demanded GH₵2,000.00 to be paid before Issaka could be released.

    She said the convict later that day met Sam and Nana Yaw Ankobeah at Pumpside, a suburb of the Fosu Municipality and reiterated that, they pay the said amount or Issaka would be sent to prison that day.

    Prosecution said Sam and Issaka met at a Total two filling station at Fosu and gave the convict GH₵2,000.00 and accordingly got Issaka released.

    She said however that a week after the incident, a video recording of the convict taking some money from the friends of Issaka was circulated on social media leading to his arrest.

    Source: GNA

  • Heroes: A group of black men have been hailed as heroes for saving a white policeman during protest

    A couple of hours ago, in the home city of the legendary boxer, Mohammed Ali, Louisville, Kentucky, Americans found an amazing love in the midst of complete chaos and unusual circumstance. It was a scene that brought many Americans to tears and made many realize what a beautiful country they would have, if only they could love one another.

    Following, the death of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis Police officers a couple of days ago, angry protests and riots have ravaged several cities of America. The people have become frustrated and consequently furious as they take to the streets of the United States of America to demand for Justice and end to police brutality that is constantly meted out on the African Americans.

    As the angry protesters who had let loose the dogs of vandalism on several cities of the United States of America got to the city of Louisville, Kentucky, something very remarkable and unusual happened. A white Police officer who is among the deployed forces to contain the angry protesters, inadvertently found himself isolated from his team.

    With the angry mob bearing down on him, the police officer was clearly in danger of being hurt or probably loose his life. However, a group of black people who realized that the police officer was facing a mortal danger, quickly formed a human – shield to protect the police officer from the angry protesters.

    No doubt, this police officer will definitely be eternally grateful to these black young men for saving his life. However, their heroics have gotten the attention of many Americans who have hailed them as heroes.

    Reacting to this great act of love and brotherhood, John F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on his Twitter handle:

    “These men are protecting an officer that was separated from, was out numbered and in danger. This made me cry.”

    Truth be told, I also cried while writing this piece. Pastor Joshua Feuerstein also wrote:

    “These men are heroes. When an officer got separated from his squad… These men formed a line and refused to let rioters harm him! SHEAR THESE MEN’S FACES! THEY ARE HEROES!”

    The actions of these great Americans, have truly reaffirms the eternal words of the great Martin Luther King Jr.

    “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless night of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.

    Source: opera.com