The attack on the Lower Dixcove Chief was not my fault – Upper Dixcove Chief

Regional News from Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-07-23

The supreme chief of Upper Dixcove, Obrempong Hima-Dekyi IV, declared his innocence in the attack against the supreme chief of Lower Dixcove, Nana Akwasi Agyemang.

He said he was already under police interrogation since he had nothing to hide.

Nana Obrempong Hima-Dekyi IV is believed to be behind the attack of the Chief of Lower Dixcove in the context of a long-standing dispute over the borders.

But according to Obrempong Hima-Dekyi IV, he informed his subjects to also avail themselves of police investigations when they were summoned.

"At about 5 pm, the regional police commander phoned to invite me. I went with my lawyer to the Sekondi Police Station to write my statement to that effect and was released on bail. So I'm home to talk to you. I have no hands whatsoever, I have done no such thing and I would not do it … Not at this moment when we are all trying to bring development to our region, "he said. .

He added that "whenever we need our support to facilitate investigations, we will be readily available. I have informed members of my community that every time one of them is asked by the police to conduct an investigation, he should immediately use it to investigate.

Assailants broke into the Lower Dixcove Chief 's Palace after destroying his main door with the help of explosives.

He was then taken with some of his elders to an unknown place where they were beaten.

Nana Akwasi Agyemang is currently hospitalized at Sekondi's Effia-Nkwanta Hospital, wounded at the blade of a knife.

Nana Akwasi Agyemang is a former acting president of the House of Chiefs of the Western Region.

The command of the West Regional Police opened an investigation into the incident.