Ashanti Region a safe place for residents – Police command assures

The Ashanti Regional Police command has assured citizens of protecting them against any other criminal incidents despite the recent reported violent crimes including robbery. 

The command said it is still in control of the security situation in the region and has successfully ensured the arrest of suspects involved in the various crimes.

Barely 37 days to elections 2020 and Ghana including the Ashanti Region is still experiencing high level of insecurity.

Most security analysts have accused the Regional Police command for not being on their job, meanwhile the police has said otherwise.

The Public Relations Officer of the Regional Command, ASP Godwin Ahianyo in an interview on Citi FM said while it is true that a number of violence crimes have been reported in the region recently, it is also true that the police have made arrests in connection with the said crimes.

“It is not true that there is insecurity in the Ashanti Region. It is true that we have recorded all these cases [but] in all these cases, some arrests have been made. It could be that it is the same syndicate who are perpetrating these crimes,” he said.

He added, “If you say growing sense of insecurity, I will say no. These are cases that may happen and whenever it happens, we have the people arrested. I want to assure the good people of Kumasi that they should be rest assured that wherever a crime goes on, we will be on hand to make sure that the perpetrators are arrested,”