The Ghana Police Service has issued a strong caution to persons raiding government installations and private properties in the name of protecting state assets.
A statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, said: “It is an offence for any person or group of persons to take the law into their own hands and invade people’s homes and workplaces under the pretext of retrieving stolen state property.
“Anyone with information about any act of criminality, including the alleged stealing of any state property by any persons, be they public officials or private individuals, should report the matter to the nearest police station or CID Headquarters, Accra, for the necessary action.”
On Monday February 6, a group of youth known as the ‘Kandahar Boys’ stormed the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) office in Tamale to assault the workers with the aim of taking control of the office.
They claimed they were protecting state property.
During the attacks, a leader of the group was heard saying: “They did that to us in 2009…We have even tried by allowing them to work and take salaries for two months. We don’t care about the police. We inhale tear gas and pepper spray.”
Meanwhile, the government has formed a task force to retrieve all state properties in the hands of private persons.
The taskforce is made up of personnel from the Ghana Police Service, Ghana Revenue Authority, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), and the Office of the President.
The taskforce is mandated to retrieve movable and immovable assets and state assets which are still in the possession of past government officials.
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
