Accra, Nov. 21, GNA – President John Evans Atta Mills has commended the Togolese security authorities for their role in the re-arrest of the notorious fugitive Jonathan Kombian.
A statement issued by the Information Ministry on Sunday expressed the President’s commitment to continue to support the security agencies to fight crime and ensure that every Ghanaian is safe at all times.
The President said the successful re-arrest of Kombian attests to what effective collaboration between nations in an environment underpinned by shared information and mutual trust can produce. He commended the National Security Apparatus for the effective co-ordination and collaboration that led to the arrest in Togo.
The statement revealed that two Togolese fugitives, Suabe
Jamong and Dafalian Durk, who killed a Togolese military officer
after robbing a Benz bus and escaped into Ghana, were arrested in
Ghana and extradited to Togo on October 4. President Mills reminded the security agencies of his earlier
directive to them to step up their efforts in combating the menace
of violent crime and ensure that criminals are ruthlessly dealt with. He also warned that Prison officials who allowed convicted
criminals to escape would not be spared and urged them to
maintain a high sense of discipline and professionalism. The President appealed to all Ghanaians to assist in the fight
against crime, noting that fighting the menace is a shared
responsibility. He asked the citizenry to be vigilant and volunteer information
about suspicious elements in the society. The statement said Government would continue to provide the
security agencies with all the support including logistics and
capacity building.
Source: GhanaWeb
