Deceased Police Officer
A policewoman, Constable Regina Angenu of the Paga Police Station is reported dead after being shot by some unknown assailants at Bawku in the Upper East Region.
The Police in a statement said the incident occurred Sunday, January 23 at about 5pm when the deceased officer paid a visit to one Constable Erasmus Enkson of the Bawku Division of the MTTU.
Report has it that the two were attacked by the unknown assailants while on their way to Constable Enkson’s barracks.
Constable Angenu was shot in the groin and died afterwards on receiving treatment at the Bawku Presbyterian Mission Hospital.
Her body has since been deposited at the Bolgatanga Regional Hospital for preservation and autopsy. Meanwhile the Upper East Regional Security Council, REGSEC says it has followed with keen interest recent happenings and the volatile nature in the Bawku Township and has to that effect imposed an immediate ban on motorbike riding in the municipality and its environs.
In a statement issued by the Office of the Upper East Regional Coordinating Council and signed by the Regional Minister, Mr. Stephen Yakubu, the ban is applicable to both sexes but does not include motor tricycles. REGSEC upon this directive has directed the Bawku Municipal Security Council to to treat the order with all the urgency it deserves and enforce it to the latter.
GBCs Isaac Asare
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