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Police caution Ghanaians to tone down jubilation
Accra, Feb. 4, Ghanadot/GNA - The Accra
Regional Police Command on Monday asked Ghanaians to
exercise restraint as they celebrate Black Stars’ victories
in
the ongoing African Cup of Nations tournament.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Kwaku Ayesu Opare-Addo,
the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander told the Ghana
News Agency that in as much as the Police agreed with the
decision and right to jubilate after the victory;
the Police would not compromise its professional stand on
hooliganism.
He said reports reaching the Police indicated that areas
such as Osu, Kaneshie, Airport residential area, High street
among others were in total frenzy after Ghana’s victory over
the Super Eagles of Nigeria yesterday and some residents
took advantage to burn lorry tyres in the middle of major
roads.
DCOP Opare-Addo said some reports indicated that some went
virtually naked while others sat in the trunks of vehicles
to jubilate, resulting in huge vehicular and human traffic
in such areas.
According to him, the Police after Ghana’s opening match
with Guinea on Sunday January 20 made similar observations
and was not happy that the public ignored its advice and
repeated the same attitude.
The Regional Commander asked the public to note that such
acts were criminal offences, saying; “The Police will not
allow this to happen the next time. Jubilation should not be
a license to misbehave”.
DCOP Opare-Addo also advised football fans not to carry huge
sums of money or valuables to the stadium and further
congratulated the Black Stars for qualifying for the
Semi-finals stage.
On arrests at the Ohene Djan stadium, the Police said there
were few isolated cases of ticket racketeering and attempts
to enter into the stadium without tickets or through
unapproved routes.
He said the suspects were only detained at the stadium until
matches were over.
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