Police pick up Christ Embassy leaders over breach of COVID-19 protocols
The Police has closed down a facility where the mega event was held by the Christ Embassy Church
Jonas Danquah 
The Ghana Police has picked up some leaders of the Christ Embassy Church over an alleged breach of measures put in place to prevent further spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
The Church came under the spotlight after it held a mega programme at the Fantasy Dome at the Trade Fair Centre last Friday.
Videos of the event showing thousands of the congregants gathered at the Dome without observing social distancing protocols, circulated on social media.
The Director of Public Affairs at the Ghana Police Service, Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman, said some leaders of the church have been picked up for questioning.
She further noted that some officials of the Fantasy Dome, where the event was held, are also being interrogated.
“We are questioning a number of people including leaders of the Christ Embassy Church and the people who let out the place for this particular event. The investigation will settle the matter as to who organised the event and who sanctioned it,” she told Accra-based Asaase Radio as quoted by pulsegh.
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Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service have locked up the Fantasy Dome over the breach of COVID-19 protocols.
The police in a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, SUPT. Sheila Abeyie Buckman said they are investigating what led to the organisation of the event “at the blind side of the police.”
The police also indicated in their statement, they did not provide security for the entire “Pneumatica Night”.
