Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Takoradi
THE Western Naval Command has stated that it did not authorise any movement of troops to attack the police in Sekondi last Saturday after the arrest of two naval officers during a police swoop on the metropolis.
However, police sources in Sekondi maintained that those who attacked the police station, assaulted the duty officer and attempted to release the two naval officers were naval officers and that their denial was for self defence.
The Navy said the Sub-Lt who went to the station to negotiate the release of the two naval ratings did not have power to move troops and that he was only a duty officer on the day of the incident.
However, the two Able Seamen, Philip Berko Okyere and Emmanuel Nyanyo who were arrested during the swoop have been handed over to the Navy and have been put in a guard room while investigations continue.
Captain George Kofi Anim, the Command Operations Officer of the Western Command, asked, “According to the police report those who were alleged to have attempted to break the cell gate were in civilian clothing, so how can we then say they are naval officers?”
Captain Anim said those who went to attack the police could be the youth from the community where the swoop took place.
“We are not saying that all our men are good or blameless but we do not condone wrongdoing or anything relating to drugs,” he said.
The Command Operations Officer said the Petty Officer who was arrested was just passing through and did not know anything about the problem.
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