From Della Russel Ocloo, Ada-Foah
THE Ada District Magistrate Court, presided over by Justice Michael Johnson Abbey, has remanded four persons into prison custody for an alleged act of rioting and wrongful possession of arms without license.
Andrews Boryor, 32, unemployed; Percy Bruce, 28; Chemugu Moro, 27, trader and Ahmed Ibrahim, a tailor, are to reappear on December 6, 2010.
Prosecuting the case, Chief Inspector George Kyei told the court that Boryor and his accomplices, on November 23, this year, set up a roadblock at Torflokpo, a suburb of Ada, along the major stretch leading to the Songor Salt Mine.
According to him, the group was engaged in illegal salt mining and construction of dikes, popularly known as “atsiakpo” while such activities have been banned by the Ada Traditional Council and a management committee has been put in place to administer the smooth running of salt mining and its related activities in the community.
He said members of the committee who were on a tour of the site were met with resistance and hostility from the group recruited by Boryor.
The group, he said, wielding arms and machetes, among other dangerous implements, and keeping guard along the stretch, hounded the team out of the area, hurling stones and other missiles at them.
Inspector Kyei said a police reinforcement team which was called to the scene also had its fair share of the hostility but managed to arrest Boryor, who incidentally was said to be on the police wanted list.
The prosecutor prayed the court to remand Boryor and his accomplices to enable the police conduct further investigation into the incident.
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