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Kumasi
residents live in fear
Kumasi, Jan. 29, Ghanadot/GNA – Some
residents in the Kumasi Metropolis are currently living in
fear following the issuance of threat of death by a
notorious gang to some prominent residents of the
Metropolis.
Their fear heightened on Tuesday morning when the group
carried out one of the threats by attacking and inflicting
severe cutlass wounds on Mr Ekow Sackey, Assemblyman for the
Asem Electoral Area in Kumasi on Monday night.
The group, said to be led by one “CD”, a notorious gangster,
further phoned in to Fox FM, a Kumasi-based radio station,
on Tuesday morning and announced the names of other
prominent residents, who were on their hit list.
The names included that of Mr George Ayisi Boateng, Manager
of the Asafo Goil Filling Station in Kumasi.
Mr Sackey told the Ghana News Agency that, he was attacked
by the gang led by “CD” in his home and beaten up without
any provocation. He was admitted at a hospital in Kumasi and
discharged the following day.
He said he had made a report to the Police, but they were
yet to make any arrest.
Mr Ayisi-Boateng, speaking to the GNA on the threat to his
life, said last week, he received a telephone call from
someone, who identified himself as “CD”, owner of a
gymnasium, which was demolished by the Police at Fante
Newtown in Kumasi in 2001.
According to Mr Ayisi-Boateng, the caller claimed that, he (Ayisi-Boateng)
together with the then Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr S.K.
Boafo, masterminded the demolishing of the gym.
Mr Ayisi-Boateng said the caller further claimed that, Mr
Boafo had already compensated him and it was left for him to
do the same and warned him that, they were going to attack
him and so he should get ready.
Mr Ayisi-Boateng said he had informed the Police about the
threat on his life.
A source at the Zongo Police Station in Kumasi confirmed the
attack on Mr Sackey and said investigations were ongoing,
adding that, the Police was yet to arrest the leader of the
group.
GNA
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