25 Western Togoland members arrested

At least 25 members of the secessionist group, Homeland Study Group Foundation, have been arrested by a combined team of security operatives.

Soldiers from the Ghana Armed Forces and the Ghana Police Service in a joint operation at Abutia near Juapong in the Eastern Region swooped on the rebels where they had earlier mounted their roadblock.

Two people have also reportedly been shot by military men deployed to Juapong to restore calm to the area after persons believed to be members of the Homeland Study Group mounted roadblocks in the area at dawn on September 25.

According to reports, there was an exchange of gunfire between the armed forces and some of the secessionists after which some two bystanders were hit by bullets and subsequently taken to an unknown destination by the officers.

Members of the secessionist group in the early hours of Friday, September 25, 2020, blocked major entries into the Volta Region.

Most passengers travelling to areas in the Volta Region including Tefle, Tsopoli and Juapong were left stranded as a result of the development.