Residents, particularly government workers in the Sene East and West Districts have appealed to the Bono East Regional Security Council (REGSEC) to take immediate step for the Ghana Army to establish a military base in the area.
According to the people that would augment the efforts of the Ghana Police Service to provide effective security to clamp down on armed-robbers who have been constantly attacking and robbing traders and other citizens of their monies and personal belongings on the Atebubu-Kwame Danso-Kajeji road.
Consequently the civil servants have threatened to lay down their tools if the REGSEC did not take efficient security measures for their safety because of the recent killing of a young teacher by armed-robbers on the road between Kwame Danso and Kajeji.
Clad in red in mourning costumes with red arm bands, the workers who lamented that their lives were in danger made the appeal to Mr. Kwasi Adu-Gyan, the Regional Minister at Kwame Danso in the Sene West District.
Accompanied by the REGSEC members, Mr. Adu-Gyan, the Chair of the REGSEC visited the two Districts to have first-hand information about their security situation.
Within a spate of two months, the workers claimed four people had been killed by suspected armed-robbers, a situation they attributed to the bad road networks in the two districts.
As part of the visit, Mr. Adu-Gyan paid a courtesy call on Odeefoo Owusu Sakyi, the Paramount Chief of Bassah Traditional Area at his palace in the Sene East District to assure him and the entire residents of Sene East and West of the REGSEC’s commitment and preparedness to take control of the situation for them to peacefully go about their activities.
