Pinkwai District, a suburb of Kpone-Katamanso has it residents dwelling in fright as arm-robbery within the district has been on the rise therefore, inflicting people locally to stay in worry .
Within the present trepidation the residents of native communities like Promise-Land, Royal Metropolis and New-Land, which communities underneath the Pinkwai district, little or zero motion has been taken by the leaders on the district meeting together with the Ghana Police Service who’re having the mandate to offer safety for the residents.
That not withstanding, a number of instances of petty theft has been reported to the Police and at each level, the prison might be supplied bail and launched on no concrete bases. Nevertheless, the speed at which the arm-robbery has accelerated locally is one which needs to be averted by the Ghana Police Service. Members of the neighborhood are not comfy partaking in any economical enterprise after 6:00 pm and vice versa.
Additional, within the final three weeks, a number of robberies have taken place within the varied neighborhood enlisted above and majority are theft instances which occurred at daybreak; round 3:00 am to five:00 am within the morning. Extra to it, a big variety of these victims of theft instances are merchants residing within the communities; who’re all the time going to purchase stuffs on the Ashaiman market to return restock their outlets.
One of many victims narrated her story who solely needs to be known as Adwo:
“I used to be on my strategy to the market round 4:30 am. I used the Promise-Land highway which results in the Promise-Land lorry station; whiles strolling to the station, a motor bike which had two boys on the bike. They sped off so quick to return move by me, in an area of 5 minutes they returned with the identical pace.
“Me considering they have been simply going to their vacation spot, they returned for the third time and for this time, they have been slowing down once they have been getting near me; earlier than I might scream that I’ve been robbed, they sped off with my hand bag which had my cash and my different private belongings. The saddest and painful half is, these so-called arm-robbers seemed as younger as my youngsters who’re round eighteen years however I’m not positive they’re above 24 years,” Adwo element her encounter with the robbers.
There are lots of instances comparable and extra horrifying then Adwo`s. The conversations that’s at the moment ongoing with respect to the arm-robbery instances by the varied neighborhood residents are, they might not have interaction in a industrial or financial actions if they don’t see the solar, particularly the market girls who go for the market at daybreak.
Residents are calling on the Ghana Police Service in Kpone-Katamanso to deploy extra man with the intention to present the requisite safety wanted for them to go about their every day enterprise in peace. They additional positioned a courtesy name by way of these medium to the Kpone-Katamanso Municipal Meeting to return repair extra avenue lights within the communities with the intention to brighten up the jurisdiction therefore, might scale back the crime charges.
