From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
AN electric wielder at Suame Magazine, Kofi Nyame, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for stabbing his Nigerian friend as a result of a misunderstanding between them.
The victim, Chinyaka Nkem, is a trader resident at Abrem-Kenyasi, while the convict, Nyame, lived at Apampatia-Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi.
Chief Inspector (Mrs) Comfort Baafuor-Kyei giving the facts of the case, told the crowded court presided over by Mr E. Amo-Yartey, that both men were friends engaged in a game called “kasaa” on October 20, this year.
While playing the game, a misunderstanding ensured between them which developed into a quarrel but onlookers managed to settle the problem between them.
The victim then brushed aside the incident, left the scene and took shelter at a drinking joint.
The convict who was burning with anger, however, chased Nkem and renewed the quarrel.
Nyame, who was armed with a knife, stabbed Nkem twice in the mid-section and Nkem fell unconscious.
He was rushed to the Emergency Ward of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was admitted for two weeks, after undergoing a successful surgical operation.
He has since been discharged.
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
BODY OF WOMAN FOUND IN BARRACKS (BACK PAGE, DEC 15)
AN unidentified woman, believed to be in her late 20s, was found dead in a pool of blood under a palm tree at the Uddara Military Barracks at Bantama, in Kumasi, early yesterday morning.
The police suspect foul play and have, therefore, launched investigations into what appears to be a case of murder.
Chief Inspector Yusif Mohammed Tanko, Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, told the Daily Graphic that the Military Police reported that they found the remains of a young lady in an undeveloped area of the barracks close to the military clinic at about 4a.m. yesterday.
He said a team of investigators dispatched to the scene found the body with multiple knife injuries; two on the neck, one on the hand and another on the shoulder.
According to the police, the deceased was a little stout, chocolate-coloured, had a broad face, a permed-hair and wore a pink gown and a T-shirt to match and looked about 5ft 4inches tall.
Chief Inspector Tanko said there was blood all over the area and indicated that the police suspected that there was a struggle between the deceased and her assailant(s).
He also revealed that the deceased might have been dragged from the street to where the palm tree stood, about five metres from the road.
According to him, while her panties and slippers were found in a nearby farm, her dress was found on the road.
Other sources in the area said they heard someone shouting for help but no one went to rescue her.
Meanwhile the body has been deposited at the KATH morgue while police investigation continues.
The police suspect foul play and have, therefore, launched investigations into what appears to be a case of murder.
Chief Inspector Yusif Mohammed Tanko, Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, told the Daily Graphic that the Military Police reported that they found the remains of a young lady in an undeveloped area of the barracks close to the military clinic at about 4a.m. yesterday.
He said a team of investigators dispatched to the scene found the body with multiple knife injuries; two on the neck, one on the hand and another on the shoulder.
According to the police, the deceased was a little stout, chocolate-coloured, had a broad face, a permed-hair and wore a pink gown and a T-shirt to match and looked about 5ft 4inches tall.
Chief Inspector Tanko said there was blood all over the area and indicated that the police suspected that there was a struggle between the deceased and her assailant(s).
He also revealed that the deceased might have been dragged from the street to where the palm tree stood, about five metres from the road.
According to him, while her panties and slippers were found in a nearby farm, her dress was found on the road.
Other sources in the area said they heard someone shouting for help but no one went to rescue her.
Meanwhile the body has been deposited at the KATH morgue while police investigation continues.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
GID BOAKO CONTESTS NPP REGIONAL YOUTH ORGANISER (PAGE 14, DEC 5)
A New Patriotic Party activist, Mr Gideon Boako, has called on the youth to vote for him as the Ashanti Regional Youth Organiser.
He said the party needed a visionary, loyal, hardworking and committed youth activist like him, who has proven his worth and would be able to steer the affairs of the youth for the party to chalk up a resounding victory in the 2012 general election.
Mr Boako, affectionately called “Ogidigidi”, the epitome of Hope for the Youth, described the youth as the heart of a party, saying for the party to be able to stand on its feet, it required the initiative of somebody like him, who has served the party since the year 2000.
Mr Boako, who was briefing the Daily Graphic about his intention to contest the Regional Youth Organiser position, said he had passed through the mill in the party and had thus acquired the new ideas needed to mobilise the youth to win back power in 2012.
“My vision is to build a much stronger NPP youth force by way of energising, re-invigorating and rekindling their spirits to show massive support towards the party to ensure victory in 2012.
“Again, l want to serve as a good conduit that has the capacity to bring the youth and all party fanatics closer to the NPP government (when in power) and the party leadership,” he said, adding that “as a party in opposition, it needed vociferous people to talk to catch them young in their homes and in their schools”.
Asked whether he could carry such cumbersome responsibility, he replied that the position was indeed time-consuming, but since he had been doing two programmes on radio alongside other activities, that might confirm that he was really hardworking.
Mr Boako was awarded Certificate of Honour when he was TESCON President at the Sunyani Polytechnic in 2008, and in that same year, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as Media Relations Director.
Also, he had an award from the Methodist Children’s Growth — University Students’ Quota (MECHIGUST-Q) in 2008.
The eloquent Boako is a holder of Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management, KNUST, and former Vice-President at NSPA Office of Parliament of Ghana in 2000. He was the National Co-ordinator of Youth for Democratic Action (YDA), and a Member of the Board of Trustees- Ghana United Students’ Association (GUNSA) that same year.
Mr Boako, 28, who was born into the Busia-Dankwa fraternity, where his father and mother belonged as truly and committed parents to the tradition, observed that when deserving individuals of integrity were elected into office, people in the area united and called on all party faithful to unite, because in unity lies strength.
“This is because in our bid to wrest power in the year 2012, there’s a need to strengthen and increase active youth participation in the region, foster unity and cohesion among the entire youth of the party,” he said this as one of his objectives.
He promised to set up a Regional Youth Committee and think tank to strategically plan youth programmes and activities in order to train and psych up 500 youth in every constituency in the region for operations against electoral malpractice.
Again, he promised to set up an agile youth force to stand the threat and the propaganda machinery of all other parties.
He said the party needed a visionary, loyal, hardworking and committed youth activist like him, who has proven his worth and would be able to steer the affairs of the youth for the party to chalk up a resounding victory in the 2012 general election.
Mr Boako, affectionately called “Ogidigidi”, the epitome of Hope for the Youth, described the youth as the heart of a party, saying for the party to be able to stand on its feet, it required the initiative of somebody like him, who has served the party since the year 2000.
Mr Boako, who was briefing the Daily Graphic about his intention to contest the Regional Youth Organiser position, said he had passed through the mill in the party and had thus acquired the new ideas needed to mobilise the youth to win back power in 2012.
“My vision is to build a much stronger NPP youth force by way of energising, re-invigorating and rekindling their spirits to show massive support towards the party to ensure victory in 2012.
“Again, l want to serve as a good conduit that has the capacity to bring the youth and all party fanatics closer to the NPP government (when in power) and the party leadership,” he said, adding that “as a party in opposition, it needed vociferous people to talk to catch them young in their homes and in their schools”.
Asked whether he could carry such cumbersome responsibility, he replied that the position was indeed time-consuming, but since he had been doing two programmes on radio alongside other activities, that might confirm that he was really hardworking.
Mr Boako was awarded Certificate of Honour when he was TESCON President at the Sunyani Polytechnic in 2008, and in that same year, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) as Media Relations Director.
Also, he had an award from the Methodist Children’s Growth — University Students’ Quota (MECHIGUST-Q) in 2008.
The eloquent Boako is a holder of Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management, KNUST, and former Vice-President at NSPA Office of Parliament of Ghana in 2000. He was the National Co-ordinator of Youth for Democratic Action (YDA), and a Member of the Board of Trustees- Ghana United Students’ Association (GUNSA) that same year.
Mr Boako, 28, who was born into the Busia-Dankwa fraternity, where his father and mother belonged as truly and committed parents to the tradition, observed that when deserving individuals of integrity were elected into office, people in the area united and called on all party faithful to unite, because in unity lies strength.
“This is because in our bid to wrest power in the year 2012, there’s a need to strengthen and increase active youth participation in the region, foster unity and cohesion among the entire youth of the party,” he said this as one of his objectives.
He promised to set up a Regional Youth Committee and think tank to strategically plan youth programmes and activities in order to train and psych up 500 youth in every constituency in the region for operations against electoral malpractice.
Again, he promised to set up an agile youth force to stand the threat and the propaganda machinery of all other parties.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
NCCE WORKSHOP AT NEW EDUBIASE (PAGE 14, DEC 3)
THE Ashanti Regional office of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), under the sponsorship of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has organised a public education programme on local governance at New Edubiase in the Ashanti Region to precede the District Assembly Elections slated for 2010.
The programme was aimed at creating the needed platform for advocacy and fruitful engagement of the people on the election process.
It also sought to increase public awareness and active participation in the decentralised governance system in the country.
In all 40 districts in the country, five of them from the Ashanti Region, will benefit from the exercise.
Addressing the participants, Mr Samuel Akuamoah, Director of Programmes, NCCE, observed that Ghana’s democracy had been acclaimed as one of the best in the world.
He mentioned the five successive times that general elections had been conducted without any serious violence, as one area that the world acknowledged.
“As they shower praises on us, we should not allow complacency to overtake us but rather continue to search for new measures to remain focused and move the country forward,” Mr Akuamoah stressed.
He asked women to stand for elections in the 2010 district level election.
Participants suggested that there should be a specific programme in the country where the voters register would be opened every year to enable those who have attained 18 years of age to register.
Mr Yakubu Alhassan, Ashanti Regional Director of the NCCE, urged parents to be mindful of their children’s education for a better future for them and the country.
Mr Alhassan commended the people for the massive turnout for the programme.
The programme was aimed at creating the needed platform for advocacy and fruitful engagement of the people on the election process.
It also sought to increase public awareness and active participation in the decentralised governance system in the country.
In all 40 districts in the country, five of them from the Ashanti Region, will benefit from the exercise.
Addressing the participants, Mr Samuel Akuamoah, Director of Programmes, NCCE, observed that Ghana’s democracy had been acclaimed as one of the best in the world.
He mentioned the five successive times that general elections had been conducted without any serious violence, as one area that the world acknowledged.
“As they shower praises on us, we should not allow complacency to overtake us but rather continue to search for new measures to remain focused and move the country forward,” Mr Akuamoah stressed.
He asked women to stand for elections in the 2010 district level election.
Participants suggested that there should be a specific programme in the country where the voters register would be opened every year to enable those who have attained 18 years of age to register.
Mr Yakubu Alhassan, Ashanti Regional Director of the NCCE, urged parents to be mindful of their children’s education for a better future for them and the country.
Mr Alhassan commended the people for the massive turnout for the programme.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
MILITARY AND POLICE URGED TO REMAIN FOCUSSED (SPREAD, DEC 1)
THE Ashanti Regional Police Commander, Mr Patrick Timbilla, has urged the police in the region to remain united, focused and resolute in their fight against crime.
He stressed that it was prudent for the military and police to share experiences during joint operations and approach their duties with diligence to be able to clamp down on the activities of the nation wreckers.
Mr Timbilla was addressing 86 officers and men drawn from the military and the police Buffalo Unit who undertook night patrols at the Regional Police Headquarters, Kumasi.
He said such operations built the ‘esprit de corps’ and enabled them to perform their work professionally as expected of them, adding: “We’re prepared to work; the media and the public are behind us”.
He advised the security personnel to continue to give their best and share the success together through effective teamwork.
The regional police commander called for effective coordination among them to enable them to achieve their goals in ensuring peace and security in the region.
Mr Timbilla assured them that the police administration was solidly behind them so they should work with vim.
Speaking on the programme ‘Operation Drag Net’, launched in the region to flush out social miscreants, he said the security personnel had to do proactive policing so that during the day they could have lighter work to do for the safety of the general public.
Mr Timbilla also called on the citizenry to continue to offer useful information to the service to enable them flush out all the social miscreants.
“The public must remember that there is a mouth-watering offer ready for those who give concrete information to us”, that would lead to the arrest of criminals, he said.
He stressed that it was prudent for the military and police to share experiences during joint operations and approach their duties with diligence to be able to clamp down on the activities of the nation wreckers.
Mr Timbilla was addressing 86 officers and men drawn from the military and the police Buffalo Unit who undertook night patrols at the Regional Police Headquarters, Kumasi.
He said such operations built the ‘esprit de corps’ and enabled them to perform their work professionally as expected of them, adding: “We’re prepared to work; the media and the public are behind us”.
He advised the security personnel to continue to give their best and share the success together through effective teamwork.
The regional police commander called for effective coordination among them to enable them to achieve their goals in ensuring peace and security in the region.
Mr Timbilla assured them that the police administration was solidly behind them so they should work with vim.
Speaking on the programme ‘Operation Drag Net’, launched in the region to flush out social miscreants, he said the security personnel had to do proactive policing so that during the day they could have lighter work to do for the safety of the general public.
Mr Timbilla also called on the citizenry to continue to offer useful information to the service to enable them flush out all the social miscreants.
“The public must remember that there is a mouth-watering offer ready for those who give concrete information to us”, that would lead to the arrest of criminals, he said.
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