6 Persons Escape From Sandema Police Station

Six persons being held at the Sandema police station in the Upper East Region have escaped. The suspects who were being kept in one of the three cells at the station allegedly escaped last Saturday despite being under police guard. One of the escapees was however re-arrested moments after the incident. Police authorities

say, the inmates had been planning to escape for some time now and have been successful. We were able to capture one of them, few hours after the incident. So we are doing everything possible so that we recapture all of them in the shortest possible time, Public Relations Officer of the Upper East Police Command, ASP David

Fianko Okyere told the media. Internal procedures have been initiated to investigate the complicity of the police officers who were guarding the prisoners. The police officers will have to explain to the administration what exactly happened and also the necessary action will be taken, he also added. Meanwhile, the general public is

however been urged to volunteer information to arrest the other inmates on the run. This is not the first time such an incident has been recorded. Last week, about twelve inmates escaped from the Zenu-Atadeka police station after they reportedly poured porridge on one of the police officers manning the facility.