The video captures five of the officers being escorted into a packed 4×4 vehicle
A video circulating on social media shows how a police reinforcement team rescued nine officers of the Ghana Armed Forces at Ahafo Hwidiem in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
In the footage, armed police officers can be seen mounting a guard to protect the military officers, who were under police care at the Hwidiem Police Station amid a huge and agitated crowd.
The video captures five of the officers being escorted into a packed 4×4 vehicle, which had reportedly been vandalized by the angry youth believed to be involved in illegal mining (galamsey).
The vehicle’s rear windscreen was broken as the police attempted to move the officers from the mob.
Some police officers were heard in the video shouting, “Masa, you guys should go, go, watch out!”
The officers, while making their way to the car, were seen being assaulted by members of the crowd before successfully entering the vehicle, which then sped off.
Although the video showed only five officers, reports indicate that there were nine soldiers in total on national duty in Goaso, Ahafo Region.
According to Mynewsgh report, the soldiers had discovered an illegal mining site at Bronikrom near Hwidiem, stormed the location and arrested the site owner.
They also allegedly confiscated two vehicles, mobile phones and two pistols and set fire to some wooden structures and mining equipment belonging to the owner.
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The move reportedly angered some residents numbering over 600 who stormed the Hwidiem Police Station, where the soldiers had gone to lodge an official complaint.
The crowd demanded the immediate release of the two seized vehicles and insisted that the police hand over the soldiers for “discipline.”
The irate mob vandalized and smashed the windscreen of a Toyota Hilux pick-up with registration number AD 7191-25, belonging to the NAIMOS team.
Upon learning of the volatile situation at the Hwidiem Police Station, reinforcement from the Regional Police Headquarters was deployed to help calm tensions.
When the reinforcements arrived, seven male and one female military officer were found at the charge office, while two others were being held under police protection at the CID office.
Meanwhile, the mob outside had grown more agitated and was demanding the release of the ignition keys to the seized vehicles.
Realizing that the situation was deteriorating and with a power outage creating additional risk the police, military and the Zongo Chief of Hwidiem, Zarikyi Mohammed Bashiru, agreed to release the vehicle keys to the owners in an effort to defuse the situation.
The Zongo Chief, who had earlier appealed to the mob to remain calm to no avail, offered his personal Toyota Sequoia 4×4 to help transport the soldiers to safety.
However, during the rescue operation, the vehicle was vandalized and its rear windscreen was smashed.
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