The Nkawkaw Divisional Police Command has strategised its security apparatus ahead of the Kwahu Easter festivities.
The command has presented it security detail arrangement for the general public to adhere to the directives of the security agencies to avert any unforeseen calamities during the celebration of the Easter.
In an in-studio discussion on Republic FM’s Anopa Dawuro with Kwame Koranteng on Tuesday, April 12, the Divisional MTTD Commander, DSP Foster Asante laid out the security arrangements been drafted to ensure that maximum security is provided.
The DSP stated that during the Easter it is the police willingness that nobody will experience any injury, court case or have any altercations with one another. He warned that if anyone should violates the laid down rules, the police will take it forward and address it lawfully.
He said, the dynamics will be a bit different because of famished the people have been waiting to celebrate yet another Easter after two years without Easter and that security has been beefed up.
Initially, there were reports that there is going to be a one – way but the DSP made it known that, it is going to be crisscross, which means one vehicle will be out whiles the other goes in.
“Initially you heard we were going to have a one way but God willing, per my Commander’s directives, he said, we should go by the usual routes we normally have and so there’s going to be no one way”, he said.
The usual routes had it that, drivers using the both mountains road to and from can still use the same routes to descend.
He stated that there is going to be a deployment all the way from Bunso junction and transcend as far as Konongo area.
There will be Police Patrol groups on the highway, Police Recognizance cars that will record all road infractions on the shoulders of the road.
On the highway, police presence may not be felt but the Recognizance vehicle will record all those infractions.
On the main part of the program, police has identified places where there will be barricades of police checkpoint.
The barricades will begin from the Nkawkaw New Station, Rojo Hotel, Eastern Palace, Castro filling station in Mpraeso, Mpraeso Palace Square.
There will be barricades at Obomeng – Nkawkaw bypass, Obomeng Akutuase and Obomeng – Mpraeso – WAGS hotel bypass as well as Nkawkaw Life FM junction.
The Police has deployed visibility motors that will ply roads from the top to down with the motive recording a zero tolerance for criminal activities, careless and inconsiderate driving.
Meanwhile, with effective from Thursday, all persons parking their vehicles on the major streets in nkawkaw are barred from doing so.
In violations to this, will accrued a toll levy as well as a court proceedings according to DSP Foster Asante. All roads from Hotel junction to the new station as well as Rojo to Atibie are barred from parking.
Car owners are required to Park at the Nkawkaw ICGC yard if they feel it cannot find a comfortable place to park. Commuters from the Central Business District and the new station are well as required to Park at the Methodist Park and board taxis whiles police provide security.
There’s going to be another car parking lot opposite the new station. It is made clear that as many 10 towing cars will be moving around and tow any infractions made on the streets.
Persons trading along the major street through to the Nkawkaw – Accra bypass are required to vacate.
