The District Security Council, DISEC, of the Bulsa North District Assembly in the Upper East Region, has petitioned the Interior Ministry to intervene in the fight against the high incidences of armed robbery and other related crimes which have assumed alarming rate in the area.
In a letter dates 10th July, 2014, signed by the District Chief Executive , Hon. Bonaventure Adangabey, addressed to the Regional Minister and copied to the Interior Minister and the Upper East Regional Police Commander, the DISEC, recounted that, “indeed, not long ago, there was a reported case of armed robbery at Kashisa, a village near Fumbisi under the Bulsa South District, where a young man in his thirties from Sandema, who was returning from Fumbisi Market on a motor bike, was attacked, robbed off his money and killed”
According to the letter, the incident had the potential to endanger the relative peace and security in the District.
“The DISEC therefore met on Tuesday 4th February 2014 and discussed the issue thoroughly following which a number of measures on how to arrest the situation were adopted” it added.
“These include the erection of a police barrier on the road at Gbedema; linking the Bulsa North and South Districts, as well as supporting the police with fuel to enable them intensify their patrol activities across the two Districts, especially on Sandema and Fumbisi market days”. The letter revealed.
The petition however accused the District Police Commander for failing to implement other decisions at curbing the setback.
For instance, he has reneged on the decision to constantly brief the Paramount Chief on security in the District as well as the failure to involve security officers from other Districts to help gather information and investigate reports of dealings in hard drugs such as wee”.
“The Police Commander has also refused to implement the DISEC decision for the provision of officers in Sandema, especially on market days as well as helping the Traditional Authority in the fight against the indiscriminate sale of Akpeteshie in homes”. The petition lamented.
“The lack of the Police to implement the above mentioned decisions also led to another armed robbery attack on the “Good Family” super market in a broad day light at gun point”. It regretted.
The petition conclude that, “since the phenomenon of armed robbery appears to be on the ascendency in the two Districts and our efforts to comprehensively deal with it is not yielding the desired impact, the DISEC meeting on 3rd July. 2014, decided that the issue be referred to the Regional Security Council for its intervention and necessary action”
