A 35-year-old man has been arrested after he stormed a registration center of the National Identification Authority firing warning shots in a bid to bring the registration process to a close.
Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh confirmed this to Adom News.
The incident occurred Thursday March 19,2020 at about 7:40am at Obeyemi a farming community near Oterkpelu in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region.
The suspect identified as Stephen Tetteh, according to Starr News sources, had threatened the NIA officials to stop working since the exercise could endanger the health of applicants in the midst of coronavirus outbreak.
DSP Ebenezer Tetteh added that the suspect is in police custody assisting with investigations.
Meanwhile, Ghana has recorded five cases more of the deadly COVID-19 disease bringing the total number of cases to 16.
