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The chief and dozens of senior police and government officials were expected to calm the zongo youth who had revolted over the past two days because of the deadly killing of seven suspected residents of the city. to be armed robbers
. Mosque, the IGP and its team realized that the Zongo youths accused had blocked the road and burned tires, amidst the songs of war and threats of shedding innocent blood.
Zongo youths have been protesting since the police killed seven people, calling the head of the Ashanti regional police commander.
Some of the Zongo youths were seen brandishing stones of various sizes, while others brandished locally made guns and others with ferocious weapons as if they were going to war.
Asante-Apeatu ordered his men to leave the place peacefully because of the conduct of the furious youth.
Previous reports have suggested that IGP and his team were driven out by the angry young man who allegedly threw them with stones
Other reports indicated that PGI was on the verge of addressing a crowd of Muslims at the central mosque when the youth threw stones at him to cut his speech
The entourage of the IGP including Minister Zongo, Sadic Abubakar and the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, did not enter the central mosque.
Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah, who heads REGSEC and is part of the IGP convoy, told DAILY GUIDE that no one was pursuing the IGP.
According to him, the IGP, which detected that the voltage was high at this location, asked that the meeting be postponed.
The Minister explained: "We were almost at the meeting place, whe re IGP, the sector ministers and I were supposed to address Zongo's youth to calm down and also badure them that the shooting incident would be a thorough investigation, but just minutes from the central mosque, the meeting place some young Zongo had blocked the roads and burned car tires that clearly indicated that the tension was high at this location. "
IGP meets Otumfuo
Earlier in the day, IGP and its entourage met Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at a closed meeting at Manhyia Palace, where he informed him of plans to address the concerns of members of the Zongo community
The IGP informed Otumfuo Osei Tutu that he would hold a meeting with the injured people at the mosque central to help ua lasting peace in Zongo communities.
Crunch Meeting
As at the time of filing this report, IGP, Regional Minister Ashanti, other ministers and security officers in the Egion District participated in a crucial meeting at the Council Regional Coordination (RCC) to end the riots in the Zongo community
. Osei Mensah refused to disclose security measures to DAILY GUIDE, saying that the problems in Zongo areas would be resolved soon.
Thieving Shots
Seven men, indigenous to Zongo communities in Kumasi, were shot dead by police, who claimed that they were armed thieves.
Police claimed that the seven people planned to launch an attack on a mine site, but people in the Zongo community have since demystified the claims.
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