The Ghana Police Service has arrested 12 suspects for looting and causing damage to properties in some parts of the country.
According to a police statement, preliminary investigations have established that the suspects have attacked and caused damage to some state properties including the setting ablaze of the Electoral Commission (EC) office in Damango in the Savannah Region, causing damage to some residences of District Chief Executives (DCEs) in some parts of the country and vandalizing of some collation centres.
Police say some of the suspects also broke into a School Feeding Project Warehouse in Tamale in the Northern Region, and made away with some items including foodstuffs.
The police announced in its statement that is has obtained footages of the attacks, vandalism and looting and review is being done by a team of dedicated investigators to get other perpetrators arrested to face justice.
“We urge the public to remain calm as Police officers have been strategically deployed to key locations with intensified patrols to maintain law and order,” the police said.
