One person is reported dead with four others arrested by National Security operatives for disturbances at Daboya in the North Gonja District of the Savannah Region.
Two others: a sub-chief, and an assemblyman, are said to be on the police wanted list and are still on the run.
According to an eyewitness “Around 2 am when I was lying down, I had a call that they were arresting people, so all the Daboya people just trooped to the Chief’s palace, and I also went there and was there till daybreak.”
“But I don’t know whether they are those who last went and vandalized the police station, but I think they are the people,” an eyewitness indicated.
Information gathered indicated that during the operation, an 84-year-old man, identified as Mallam Yussif, died instantly in his house upon hearing from children that the police were around his house.
“They even came to one man’s house, and his children were running, he asked what is happening and the children said police were coming, his blood pressure increased, and he fell and later died,” an eyewitness narrated
The suspects are alleged to be wanted for their roles leading to the vandalism of the Savannah Regional Police Commander’s vehicle’s windscreen and that of a brand-new pick-up that had an accident and had been parked at the Daboya police station.
Police sources revealed that the names of all seven suspects were dropped during interrogation by some of those standing trials in Tamale.
Those arrested included Fuseini Kamila, Alidu Dabire, Sukuro Ewutogmah, and one Dramani, popularly known as Varenda.
Information gathered at the Daboya Health Center confirmed the demise of Mallam Yussif.
The arrested suspects have since been kept in police custody in Tamale, Northern Region.
It would be recalled that some youth in the heat of the Lukula crisis allegedly barricaded some portions of Daboya’s road in an attempt to free three suspects who had blood oozing from their bodies and were being transported through the Savannah Regional Police Commander, DCOP Peter Baba’s vehicle.
The vehicle’s windscreen was smashed, but they failed to get their colleagues out. They further moved to the Daboya police and smashed the windscreen of a brand-new police patrol pick-up that had an accident and was parked at the police station.
Further checks at the Savannah Regional Police command of the Ghana Police Service at Damongo indicated that all four suspects would be arraigned before Court on Monday, June 17, 2023.
