52 People To Face Court In Bono East Over Breach of Covid-19 safety protocols
Bono East Regional Police have processed 52 people to face court over breach of covid-19 protocols
Joseph Marfo 
As part of the ongoing disinfection of police facilities nationwide, the Bono East Regional Police Commander, DCOP Asumadu Okyere Darko has disclosed that the region is currently processing 52 people to court over breaches of the Covid-19 safety protocols.
According to DCOP Darko, the 52 people were arrested because they failed to abide by the various safety protocols and are made up of 48 males and four females whose statements were taken and were later granted bail.
The police commander said the region is not relenting in its effort of enforcing the safety protocols of Covid-19.
After embarking on education and sensitization programmes about the need to follow the safety protocols, there was no other option than to enforce it hence their arrest, " he stated.
DCOP Darko revealed this statement to the media during the 2nd phase of nationwide disinfection of police facilities in Techiman, the regional capital of Bono East.
He said with the rising cases of the Coronavirus, the police administration saw the need to engage Zoomlion Ghana Limited to disinfect all police posts.
DCOP Darko said the region is made up of five divisions; Yeji, Atebubu, Kintampo, Techiman, and Nkronsa, and the disinfection exercise is taken place in all these divisions.
The Bono East Region Manager for Zoomlion Ghana Limited Mr. George Manu said the exercise is taken place in 147 police stations.
Mr. Manu said the police are considered as one of the frontliners in the fight against Covid-19, hence the need for disinfection.
He appealed to residents in the region to strictly adhere to the wearing of a nose mask, washing of hands, practicing social distancing, and other safety protocols.
Background
In a bid to stop the spread of Covid-19, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo signed Executive Instrument (EI 164) last year,2020 that criminalizes the failure to wear nose masks in public.
The law states that those who are found guilty would be fined a minimum of GHC 12,000 or a maximum of GHC 60,000 or be sentenced to between 4 and 10 years in prison.
Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu/ Greater Accra Regional Chief Correspondent
