By Alex Boye
The Interim leadership of the Kasoa Branch of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) has called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to intervene and ensure that justice is served in the recent attacks on them by some suspected landguards.
On Tuesday December 27, 2022 some suspected landguards stormed the GPRTU lorry station at Kasoa in the Central region with weapons and vandalized the offices of the Executives.
The incident resulted in some people sustaining various degrees of injury.
It however took the intervention of Police to restore calm amid the arrest of some nine (9) persons.
Meanwhile, the suspects who have been arrested according to our information have been released.
Addressing section of the media at the Kasoa station, the Interim Chairman, Nana Arkoh Eshiro narrated the incident and indicated that they have suspected that the landguards were hired and sent by one former Chairman of GPRTU branch at Kasoa, Alhaji Artey.
According to him, the said Alhaji Artey was interdicted after a Petition was filed against him for mismanagement and embezzlement of Union funds.
Alhaji Artey was said to have been found guilty of the charges and was subsequently removed from office; a situation which called for the establishment of an Interim Management Committee (IMC) to oversee the affairs of the Union until the final determination of the case which he, Alhaji Artey, himself took to court.
Nana Arkoh Eshiro explained that, Alhaji Artey who was uncomfortable with the decision to interdict him, took the matter to the Ofaakor Circuit Court for proper action to be taken but later resigned even though the Court has not pronounced judgement on the case.
“Therefore, new Interim Management Committee was set up to oversee the affairs of the branch at the station for a 3-months period after his resignation from the Union as a member”, Nana Arkoh Eshiro said.
He enumerated that the suspected landgurds appeared at the station on Tuesday with weapons and other stuff and scattered the premises but were stopped by the Kasoa Police force and some were arrested for Court.
Meanwhile, Nana Arkoh Eshiro expressed disgust at the conduct of the Kasoa District Police Command in handling the case.
To them, the Kasoa District Police Commander, DCOP Mr. David Senanu Eklu keeps “tossing” them and giving them excuses of why he isn’t processing the case for court.
“Anytime we go to the police station, he tells us he is yet to receive feedback from Regional. This is too bad. We cannot withstand this that is why we are calling on the IGP to intervene,” he said.
Nana Arkoh Eshiro said the Union will advise itself should the police fail to ensure justice in this matter.
