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The National Peace Council has described the actions of the Western Togolese secessionist group as unfortunate after they blocked the main roads to cities in the Volta region that were demanding their independence.
In a press release, the Council stated that such actions run the risk of causing unrest in the country and generating confusion among citizens.
“More than ever before, Ghana needs peace at a time like this as the nation prepares for elections, battling the Covid-19 pandemic with its history of economic collapse,” the statement signed by Secretary William reads. Kartey.
The statement comes after secessionists attacked the Aveyime and Mepe police stations in the North Tongu district of the Volta region.
The group of armed men, numbering about 50, at dawn on Friday took both stations by force simultaneously; Dominate the police officers and get rid of weapons from the armory.
The group in Mepe, after raising a western Togo flag, joined colleagues at the Aveyime police station, seized two police vehicles and wounded an officer.
The West West Togo separatist leadership subsequently ordered the immediate withdrawal of all Ghanaian security forces from the Volta region.
A member of the group was reportedly killed in a shootout with the joint security team that had been deployed to restore calm.
Meanwhile, 31 people were arrested and flown to the offices of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) in Accra for questioning about developments in the region.
The Council, in its statement, said that it is important that the security agencies deal decisively with the people involved in these unconstitutional activities.
“They must also be vigilant about intelligence gathering … The council further urges law enforcement agencies to search for and arrest everyone involved.”
The City Council also encouraged citizens to be vigilant while watching for people who eat “deviating from the norm” and to alert security agencies.
“It is important at a time like this that all Ghanaians stand together against the criminal activities of criminals whose desire is to create confusion.”
