Lance Corporal Annan Agoe,
a military officer with service number 194663, has been arrested by the Nungua
Divisional Police Command for allegedly assaulting a policewoman who was on
duty directing traffic at Nungua, Accra.
The victim (named
withheld) attached to the Kpeshie Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD)
was directing traffic in front of the Nungua Senior High School when she was assaulted.
The victim was slapped two
times by Lance Corporal Agoe who was said to be heavily drunk. It had to take
the intervention of commuters to save the policewoman from further assault.
A source told DAILY
GUIDE that the action of the soldier drew the attention of many drivers
and traders in the area who intervened. They then arrested the soldier and
handed him over to other police officers who rushed to the scene later.
How
it happened
Narrating the incident to DAILY
GUIDE, Adjetey Sowah, a trader in the area, said the incident occurred
around 4pm on Monday.
He said the soldier walked
from the Nungua Traditional Council Area and stood close to the place where the
policewoman was directing traffic to pick a vehicle to Michel Camp.
“The drunk soldier tried
to stop a vehicle at an unauthorised place but the policewoman asked him to
move forward to the bus stop,” he recounted.
He said the directive by
the policewoman infuriated the soldier who in the process held the woman by her
dress and slapped her twice.
Adjetey continued that the
policewoman also returned a slap and that attracted passers-by who separated
the two security personnel.
The soldier, according to
Adjetey, was arrested and handed over to other police officers who came to the rescue
of their colleague and sent him to the Nungua Police Station.
The Nungua Divisional Police
Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Francis K. Tsidi, when
contacted, confirmed the soldier’s arrest and said the matter was still under
investigation.
When contacted, Colonel Eric Aggrey Quarshie said the issue had not yet come to the notice of the Military High Command.
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By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey
