The
Kasoa District Police Command in the Central Region has warned that it
will radically deal with any individual or group which uses the spate of
robberies in the area to create needless and unnecessary fear and panic
among the residents.
The comment follows rumours that some
robbers had gone to some areas of the town, particularly Adom Estates
and Outtaa City, where an alleged armed robber had been lynched, and
placed notices on the doors of residents warning them of reprisal
attacks.
Speaking to the Daily Graphic, the Kasoa District
Commander, Superintendent of Police Mr Samuel Tibil Punobyin, said the
people behind the rumours had an evil agenda to dent the image of the
town and the police.
Background
Amanfro and its
surrounding communities had, over the last three months, experienced
massive robbery attacks which had brought chaos and confusion to the
entire town .
The situation, apart from creating fear and panic
among residents of the area, had also caused some of them to relocate to
safer communities.
Residents of one of the affected areas at Adom Estates, a suburb of Kasoa, allegedly apprehended a young man and lynched him.
As
part of the measures to address the situation, the Central Regional
Police Command, in partnership with the Kasoa District Police Command,
recently in a swoop arrested 37 people suspected to have been the brains
behind those robberies.
The police have also deployed personnel
to various areas of Kasoa to ensure security, while other measures were
being implemented to address the situation.
It’s all lies
Mr
Punobyin said when his outfit heard of the rumours, the police visited
and interacted with all the residents of the area to ascertain the
claims of a possible attack by the robbers.
“I can tell you for a
fact that none of the residents confirmed that they had seen any of
such posters or notices. They told us that they hadn’t come across any
threat of an intended attack on them,” he said.
Mr Punobyin said
the police took the investigation further and went on a house-to-house
visit, adding that “we never came across even one person to confirm the
rumours”.
He said since the recent robberies hit the area, the
police had intensified their security checks in all areas of Kasoa,
including those places which had not been attacked.
“Why would
anybody create such needless panic, knowing the full implication of
their actions? If the rumours were true, what would the police lose to
confirm them?,” Mr Punpbyin wondered.
Daily Graphic visit
When
the news team of the Daily Graphic visited the area, there was nothing
to prove that robbers had, indeed, posted notices in the areas.
Residents of Amanfro, Iron City, Adom Estates and other areas were busily attending to their daily duties.
Some who spoke to the Daily Graphic said they were yet to come across any of such notices.
According
to a resident of Adom Estates, Ms Rebecca Tawiah, “I have not seen any
notice on my door, neither have I heard anybody claiming to have seen
one.”
Asked whether she was living in fear, she responded in the
negative, saying that “the police are always patrolling here and this
has given some of us peace”.
Another resident, Mr Eric Tanko,
said although he was still living in fear, he had not seen any notice of
an intended robbery attacks on his door or anywhere. |
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