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Somanya police arrested 14 people for performing puberty rites (Dipo) in Sawer, a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region.
His arrest was against the president’s imposition of restrictions on the social gathering following Covid-19.
A statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh, stated that “the suspects did not comply with the restriction imposed: Cont. To paragraph 1 (1) of F. I 65 and section 6 of the imposition of the Restriction Law 2020 (Law 1012) “.
The statement mentioned that on May 2, around 1:45 p.m., the Somanya District Police Commander, DSP Isaac Kojo Otsin, after a warning, went to Sawer and arrested the perpetrators.
The release named Samuel Lawer Opata, 85, Rebecca Tetteh, 70, Esther Korkor, 45, Vivian Amish, 45, Grace Tetteh, 40, Bernice Tetteh, 38, and Mercy Opata, 35 as the suspects.
The rest are Tetteh Victoria, 13, Comfort Ayiki, 14, Ernestina Owusu, 17, Aboagye Precious, 15, Florence Ellie, 16, Nartey Eunice, 40 and Lovelace Emmanuel Odonkor, 70.
Meanwhile, all suspects have been warned, charged, and have been granted bail to appear before the Somanya District Court of First Instance on Monday, May 4.
