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Police cautions salon operators on COVID-19
The Public Relations Officer of the Tema Regional Police Command, Chief Inspector Mrs. Stella Dede Dzakpasu has cautioned operators of beauty, hair and barber’s salons to desist from attending to their clients without wearing nose masks
She said the situation was more serious because the closeness between a client and the providers of the service created an atmosphere where the latter breathed on the former as they were usually seated on shorter seats thus compromising their health and safety.
She called on the Police and City authorities to focus their attention on salons to call them to order so as to prevent the shops from being places which spread the virus and stressed that salons were not exempted from COVID-19 protocols.
She has ,therefore, also advised them to limit the number of clients they attend to at a time to ensure reasonable physical distancing as part of efforts to curb the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
The advice followed an observation by “The Spectator” that many providers of these services in the Tema Metropolis and its environs flouted the directive of wearing face masks while attending to their clients.
They neither took the appropriate precautions to protect themselves, their co-workers nor clients with total disregard for all safety protocols.
Chief Inspector Dzakpasu said plans were in place to meet the leadership of such businesses to educate them on the need to take the protocols of the COVID-19 seriously so that their facilities did not serve as places that spread the virus.
A Client, Adjo Totso said she had been compelled to change her salon so many times because she observed that many salons did not like to ensure that their staff or apprentices put on their masks.
“I have been tagged as being a difficult person because I always insist that if you do not wear a mask you won’t do my hair. I cannot take chances” she said.
She said the Tema Regional Police Command was intensifying education but that should not be mistaken to mean that people could not be arrested for flouting the safety protocols.
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
