Our Security Is Under Threat -Abor Ewusi Royal Family

Date published: August 19, 2014

By Mohammed Awal (awalm19@gmail.com)

THE ELDERS of Abor Ewusi Royal Family of Gomoa Fete say their lives are under threat, since the brutal murder of the Fete stool head, Abusuapanyin Nana Kwame Okyere Pantu, who doubles as the Mankrado of Fete Kakraba, by hired assassins.

The Secretary of the Abor Ewusi Royal Family, Stephen Nana Ackon Mensah, at a press conference said they had been reliably informed that an unknown group was planning to eliminate some of them, who were making things difficult for them (the unknown group). “As a matter of fact, our security is at stake,” he said.

This alleged threat against them, he said, was as a result of their continuous efforts at seeking justice for the dead. Nana Kwame Okyere Pantu was viciously shot eight times in front of his house at Fete Kakraba, a town close to the Liberia refugee camp, on February 27, 2014.

Since the shooting incident, the police have arrested eight persons to help them in their investigations, namely Nana Kofi Baah, Abusuapanyin Kwaku Mensah, Nana Kwasi Essel Sey, aka Obaatan, Kwesi Yobo, Kow Boafo, Gyabaah Barnor, Kwasi Boadi and Abiodu Ibrahim. They have all been arraigned before the law court for prosecution.

But two out of the eight, Kwasi Essel Sey, aka Obaatan, and one other, had been released on bail, according to the Abor Ewusi Family’s secretary, adding that the news was shocking to them.

Uneasy calm
In granting the two persons bail, Nana Ackon-Mensah noted that it was creating “uneasy calm” in Gomoa. This had created “serious tension among the people of Gomoa, who are not happy about events since the killing, arrest and bail of the suspects”, said Nana Ackon-Mensah, adding “all is not well at Gomoa Fete,” as some citizens were living in fear of their lives and security.

The family, therefore, called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Alhassan, the Interior Minister and all stakeholders to work to restore calm in Gomoa, as land-guards terrorize the area.

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