Former president John Dramani Mahama has expressed sadness over the killing of a 21-year-old soldier at Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra. Mahama said in a statement released on March 8, a day after the March 7 military swoop that led to the arrest of 184 persons, that he was deeply …
Read More »FULL TEXT: Military issues statement on Ashaiman swoop
The Military High Command has confirmed authorizing what they call a “swoop” on the Ashaiman township in search of killers of a young soldier on March 4, 2023. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) issued a statement in the morning of March 8, 2023 stated that the action was targeted at …
Read More »Alleged girlfriend of soldier murdered at Ashaiman arrested
The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency in the Greater Accra region, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has disclosed that the Ghana Police Service has arrested a suspected girlfriend of the military personnel killed in Ashaiman. Speaking in an interview on Peace FM’s Midday news on March 7, 2023, the lawmaker explained …
Read More »Ashaiman: 72 arrested in a military swoop
Some 72 youth of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region where a soldier was killed over the weekend have been rounded up by personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a dawn swoop. The suspects have been sent to Michel Camp near Tema to be investigated by the military …
Read More »Military men go haywire in Ashaiman, brutalise residents over alleged death of soldier
Member of Parliament, Ernest Norgbey, has confirmed to GhanaWeb that some military personnel in Ashaiman appear to have taken the law into their hands, moving from house to house and brutalizing residents in the area. This comes after videos of the incident captured by some residents went viral on social …
Read More »Social media users react to alleged mob killing of a soldier in Ashaiman
Some Ghanaians on social media have reacted to the alleged killing of a member of the Ghana Armed Force by a mob in Ashaiman, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region. According to some Tweeps, the army personnel, who was described as a young soldier, was on his way home …
Read More »Filth swallows Ashaiman market
Some market women in the Ashaiman municipality of the Greater Accra Region are seething with anger over the levels of filth in the Ashaiman market area. According to the market women, the filth has piled up in the area over the past four months. They lamented that municipal authorities are …
Read More »3-year-old dies after falling into septic tank at Ashaiman
A three-year-old boy has died at Ashaiman Lebanon Zone 2A in the Greater Accra Region after falling into a septic tank while playing with his sibling. A preliminary investigation has revealed that the boy accidentally fell into the open sewage pit, got drowned and suffocated as a result and later passed …
Read More »Police arrest 42 persons at Stonebwoy’s ‘Ashaiman to the World’ concert
Some 42 persons have been arrested at the just-ended ‘Ashaiman to the World’ concert organised by Dancehall act Stonebwoy. A police statement announcing the arrest said the suspects are being held for various offences during the concert. The Saturday evening event happened at the Saka Saka Park at Ashaiman in …
Read More »NPP supporter electrocuted at Ashaiman Lebanon
An ardent member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashaiman Constituency, Rev. Mawukuonye Vidzah has met his untimely death. According to reports, Rev. Mawukuonye Vidzah was contracted by Alfred Agbawu to fix an electrical problem. However, he got electrocuted in the process. The wife of the deceased who spoke …
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