Six suspects, who were arrested in connection with the shooting incident at Mankessim in the Central Region during the enstoolment of a queen mother, have been remanded by the Cape Coast District Court 2.
The incident resulted in the death of two people.
The court presided over by Madam Gloria Mensah Bonsu remanded the six into police custody to reappear on January 19, 2020.
The incident occurred when a faction of a protracted chieftaincy dispute at Mankessim enstooled a new queen mother in the person of Nana Araba Otuah II to replace Nana Ama Amisssah who is the substantive queen-mother of Mankessim after a High Court in Cape Coast on November 11, 2019, ruled to nullify the latter’s name and that of the Omanhene of Mankessim Traditional council from the register of National House of Chiefs.
While the newly enstooled queen-mother was being transported in a palanquin and paraded in a procession along the Mankessim Anafo road, some gunmen in a storey building near the Anafo junction opened fire at those taking part in the procession.
Five other persons including a police officer, Inspector William Nyarko, were among those injured.
Ghana needs stricter regulations on firearms – Security Analyst
A Security Analyst, Adam Bonaa is calling for stricter regulations on the use of firearms in the country.
His remarks follow three separate shooting incidents in the past days.
Mr. Bonaa believes the introduction of tighter regulations on the use of guns would mitigate such incidents of violence.
“We have small arms all over the country and apart from that we do also have security officials either owning some of these arms legally or illegally. I have advocated that we put in stronger measures in place to ensure that small arms are not used the way and manner people use them during festive occasions or are not used just as we see across the country without any restrictions.
I am aware that the Ministry of Interior that is in charge of the licensing and all that. There is some amount of restriction with the issuance of licenses for gun permits or gun ownership but that notwithstanding we still have a large section of the public that still own firearms legally or illegally but most of them don’t have what it takes to own a firearm”.
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