The Eastern Regional Police Command has directed all Divisional and District Police Commanders to provide security for officials of the National Identification Authority (NIA) undertaking mass registration exercise in the region.
The directive follows two separate gunshot incidents and chaos at some registration centers whilst threats of attacks increases amidst intense pressure on the NIA to halt the mass registration exercise ongoing following 16 confirmed cases of coronavirus.
Meanwhile, a search is underway by Donkokrom Divisional Police Command in the Eastern region for the arrest of a hunter who stormed the registration center for the Ghana Card to fire a warning shot over delay in registration.
According to an eyewitness, the incident happened a few days ago at Takroatwene community also called Maame Krobo Junction around 4:00pm bringing the exercise to a halt at the center.
On Thursday, March 19, 2020, a similar incident happened at Obeyemi Community near Oterkpolu in the Yilo Krobo Municipality. A 35-year-old man, Stephen Tetteh, was arrested for storming a registration center of the National Identification Authority firing warning shots in an attempt to hot the exercise.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
