The Ghana Police Service has intensified operations to arrest suspects who attacked three missionary Catholic priests at Nkwanta in the Oti Region. The incident reportedly took place on December 11, 2024.
According to a police statement dated December 12, the priests were traveling with officials from the Nkwanta South Municipal Assembly, including the Municipal Engineer, to Chieso to inspect a plot of land.
They were using machinery from the District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) for land clearing when they were confronted by local youth. The youth misinterpreted their actions as stealing the equipment and subsequently accosted the priests, leading to one of them sustaining injuries.
The police have vowed to ‘leave no stone unturned’ until they apprehend the suspects to face justice.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has reported that no major incidents have been recorded in the past 24 hours.
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However, in response to a request from the Electoral Commission for maximum security during the collation of outstanding results from four constituencies in the Eastern Region, the police have moved to provide security at the National Police Training School in Accra, where the collation is continuing.
This was announced at a media engagement at the Ghana Police Headquarters in Accra. The Head of Public Affairs Directorate of the Ghana Police Service stated, “We will also like to once again inform the public that all the 123 suspects that have been arrested in connection with various acts of lawlessness are being taken through the due process of the law.
”Four of the suspects that were arrested yesterday are also being processed accordingly. We wish to assure the people of Ghana that the police will continue to do our part to ensure their security, law and order across the country”.
