By Richard Attenkah
The Tema Regional Police Commander, DCOP Beatrice Zakpaa Vib-Sanziri, has appealed to residents and stakeholders in the Dodowa District, especially, Ayikuma and its environs, to collaborate with the police to fight the nuisance of land guards in the area.
According to her, the actions of land guards are posing a security threat to the police and other law abiding citizens, thus need for them to be weeded out completely. She, again, sounded a word of caution to some chiefs, land owners and estate developers, who engage land guards instead of resorting to the law courts, adding that they will be severely dealt with by the police, through the law courts, hence no amount of “intimidation” will stop them.
Again; “Some bad nuts within the Police Service, who also shield or aid these land guards and their financiers, will also be dealt with when caught in any unprofessional behaviour.” “Strategies are put in place to reduce the incidence of crime, and also the fear of crime by residents, and also clamp down on the activities of these land guards and other violent criminals,” she noted.
She disclosed this in her remarks during the commissioning of the Ayikuma police station in the Dodowa District. DCOP Vib-Sanziri revealed that her outfit will support the good efforts of the police in Ayikuma to ensure that everybody goes about their lawful activities without hindrance.
She lauded estate developers such as Forever Estate, Castle Gate Estate and the Dodowa District Assembly, for the role they played in revamping the police station, but, however, called for support with the needed logistics such as computers and other office equipment to enable the personnel carry out their duties at the station.
The Ayikuma police station was burnt down some years back, and it has been rebuilt with the help of some organisations to open a new chapter in the relationship between the police and the people of the Ayikuma community. She extolled the Chief of Dodowa, Nene Ahugyaga, Chief of Asebi, Nene Asiza, and Mr. Abladu Tetteh Quao, whose tireless efforts went a long way to see to the reconstruction of the police station.