E/R:REGIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL PLACES BAN ON HOLDING WEAPONS IN NSAWAM ADOAGYIRI.

E/R:REGIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL PLACES BAN ON HOLDING WEAPONS IN NSAWAM ADOAGYIRI.

The Eastern regional security council led by the regional minister, hon. Seth Kwame Acheampong has warmed residents in Nsawam Adoagyiri to disist from holding arms or weapon to avoid being treated as criminal by the security agencies.

The new directives according to the regional minister, will ensure peace and restore law and order following an alleged Chieftaincy dispute which led to the shooting of some innocent residents in the area.

The Eastern regional minister has confirmed that so far, two persons have died as a result of a shooting incident that took place at Nsawam Adoagyiri on Monday evening.

Hon Seth Acheampong reveals that 5 people who sustained gunshot wounds and were rushed to the Nsawam and Koforidua Central hospital on Tuesday following a renewed chieftaincy dispute in the area.

The minister addressing the media on Thursday after the incident said, currently, it’s unlawful to hold or brandish weapons in Adoagyiri thus, failure to adhere to the new directives will agigitate the security agencies at the scene to handle such recalcitrants as criminals.

Seth Acheampong speaking to Afeema News, he emphasized that it’s important to give prior notice to the police before assembling any special events as mandated by the Ghanaian constitution.

Whiles the police in the area are ensuring law and order, the Eastern regional security council has called on residents in the affected areas in Nsawam Adoagyiri municipality to remain calm and abide by the new security measures for peace to prevail.

According to the minister, the security agencies in the municipality and the region at large have launched intensive investigation into the shooting incident with an assurance that the perpetrators would be brought to face the rigorous of the law.

Source:flyfmghana.com/Kaakyire Kwasi Afari.