The police deny the story of "Alavanyo weapons manufacturing base"; ask the media for an apology

General News of Monday, January 21, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-01-21

The command of the Volta Regional Police denied the information reported by the media to the regional commander, DCOP, Francis Ebenezer Doku, suggesting that Alavanyo had become a base for the manufacture of weapons of badault .

According to earlier publications, Francis Doku, DCOP, who was informing journalists about the recent shooting between young people from Alavanyo Dzogbedze and security officials, said that weapons used to commit crimes in the region had been imported but also produced in the region.

"When it comes to making firearms, Alavanyo is the leader in the country and even in West Africa … Right now, people are going there to monitor the manufacturing base," he said. Chief of Volta Regional Police, Doku.

"At the moment the weapons are imported to Alavanyo, they manufacture weapons themselves. We have identified a place where more than 70 AK47s are kept, but if the leader is to come here today, he will tell you that there is not even a single AK47 in his area, " he said in previous publications.

But the Volta Regional Police Command has described the aforementioned publication as fake and, therefore, demands an unqualified apology from the media.

"We want to declare that the news is false, scandalous and designed to tarnish the image of the command," the Volta Regional Police Headquarters said forcefully in a statement signed by DCOP FE Doku.

Read the full statement below

Refutation of "firearm manufacturing plant in Alavanyo, police fear to move in"

The Volta Regional Police Command refers to the general news of Sunday 20 January 2019 broadcast in Ghanaweb which was collected on 3 NEWS on the above mentioned subject and wishes to indicate that the news is false, scandalous and intended to tarnish the situation. picture of the order. .

You may recall that on January 17, 2019, a representative group of regional officials of the Volta of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), led by President Kafi Kanyi, had called the regional command and s & # 39; was sincerely apologized for the unethical and unprofessional behavior The above story was carried out.

Although the command wishes to maintain a cordial working relationship with the media, it will not tolerate any act likely to undermine its integrity, which will end up discrediting the image of the Ghanaian police. We therefore call for an unqualified apology and immediate withdrawal from history.