The President, Nana Akufo-Addo says the government will adequately deal with secessionist groups making claims for an independent state within the country.
This is the first time the President is publicly commenting on the matter since reports of the groups’ violent actions in the Volta Region began this year.
One person was later reported dead during security personnel’s attempts to try and restore order to the area.
On Tuesday dawn, it was reported that some Homeland Study Foundation members attacked the State Transport Corporation (STC), beating up drivers and setting ablaze some buses.
Police presence has since been intensified in the areas concerned but a section of the population has criticized the government over its failure to prevent such developments.
The government through the Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia and Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Information Minister have indicated that the groups and their actions are “criminal” and the state trusts the security agencies to deal with them.
Oppong Nkrumah has also stated that the country’s security agencies have worked hard to foil more complicated attacks planned by the groups including compromising the Akosombo and Akuse dams as well as setting the Ho market on fire.
Source: Citi News
