-Mr James Agalga, Deputy Minister of the Interior, has warned the general public to desist from lynching suspected criminals.
Whilst appreciating the efforts of the general public in assisting the Police in matters relating to criminals, the Deputy Interior Minister advised the public to hand over suspected criminals to the security agencies for investigation and trials .
He warned that people who lynched criminals when arrested could be made to face the full rigours of the law.
The Deputy Interior Minister issued the warning at a Regional People Forum in Bolgatanga, where some participants expressed concern about the spate of lynching of suspected criminals within the Municipality.
On the issue of the Bawku conflict, the Deputy Interior Minister said talks were on-going to get the Mamprusis who had withdrawn from the Bawku Inter-Ethnic Peace Committee, to return, and expressed the hope that there would peace in the area.
Mr Agalga also stated that his outfit, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, had empowered the Immigration Service at border towns, to help handle the Ebola case.
He indicated that the Ministry was lobbying to get financial support from government to enable it recruit more security personnel to beef up the security situation in the country.
He indicated that plans were also far advanced to hold stakeholders’ meeting to reform the prison system, by introducing
non-custodian measures, and cited for instance, that people caught with minor offenses such as the stealing of fowls, could be made to do community services, instead of being imprisoned.. .
The Paramount Chief of the Kayoro traditional area, Pe Oscar A. Tiyiamo, appealed to government to consider opening a Police Station in the area which shares border with neighbouring Burkina Faso, and explained that criminals were using the area to their advantage, since they could easily cross over to Burkina.
The Deputy Minister of Works and Water Resources, Mr Sampson Ahi , gave the assurance that the Region would be provided with more boreholes to add to the 400 that were recently provided.
GNA
