In the shadows of their uniforms, the place the gleaming badges and the burden of weapons can not attain, a silent conflict rages on.
The women and men who stand guard, ever vigilant and sturdy, are struggling to seek out the energy to hold on.
It’s a battle of concern for the complete police hierarchy and the regulation enforcement administration.
Because the conflict continues to say the lives of these sworn to guard, jubilant indigenes of Osu are in ecstasy on the Ring Street, simply reverse the police headquarters.
It’s the annual Homowo Pageant; this 12 months’s ‘Duku Stroll’ is huge, and the phrases on the lips of celebrants within the Ga language are’ŋoowala ŋoowala, alonte din ko aka fo wɔteŋ’, actually translated into English as ‘lengthy life, lengthy life. Might no black cat (demise) come between us.’
Nevertheless, not everybody can fortunately repeat the properly needs as a result of the ‘black cat’ pounced barely a month in the past.
The police have suffered one other suicide involving a policewoman.
A bereaved household has been robbed of their daughter.
Suicide amongst cops has change into a haunting actuality, a merciless paradox that threatens to undermine residents’ security.
The unsung heroes, who thrive within the darkest and most harmful corners of the nation, are succumbing to the darkness inside.
Because the Ghana Police Service grapples with this unseen enemy, the Psychological Counselling Unit stands as a beacon of hope.
We hail cops for preventing crime, however some are preventing quietly for their very own lives.
This text by The Ghana Report lists some fallen comrades to spotlight the difficulty consuming the Ghana Police Service from inside.
- Police officer allegedly commits suicide over heartbreak
Corporal Boakye, her identify etched in sorrow, allegedly dedicated suicide as a result of a damaged coronary heart.
The feminine police officer, believed to be in her 30s, allegedly dedicated suicide at Mamponteng, a suburb within the Ashanti area.
Info gathered prompt that the cop found that her husband had impregnated one other girl.
This was shortly after the person had been transferred to Bimbilla within the Northern Area.
After discovering the data, a misunderstanding ensued between the couple, resulting in her committing suicide.
- Police officer commits suicide after being dumped by her boyfriend
On April 24, 2017, a feminine police officer within the Garu Tempane district of the Higher East area dedicated suicide after her lover dumped her.
Constable Peace Agbemafo, 31, shot herself within the throat with an AK-47 assault rifle.
- Police officer shoots himself at his residence
A 50-year-old cop stationed on the Ashiaman Courtroom Unit shot himself at Borteyman, close to Ashaiman, within the Better Accra Area on St. Valentine’s Day ( Sunday, February 14, 2021).
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Divine Asiam was with the Authorized and Prosecutions Unit of the Ghana Police Service till he allegedly shot himself in his room.
- Police constable shoots himself in his washroom
Constable Yelnona Eugene of the Nationwide Safety Unit, shot himself in Accra on Monday, February 1, 2020.
An AK 47 assault rifle was discovered along with the physique in a washroom of the Ridge residence the place he was on guard obligation.
The Ghana Police Service confirmed the demise in a press assertion issued by the Director of Public Affairs, Sheilla Kessie Abayie-Buckman.
The discharge mentioned Constable Yelnona “was discovered lifeless at his obligation level with a gunshot wound”.
- Police Superintendent shoots himself at Half-Asini
Superintendent Cyprian Zenge, a seasoned veteran, adopted go well with. His suicide observe, a haunting whisper, learn:
“I’m fed up on this world”.
The District Commander of Half-Asini, Superintendent Zenge, dedicated suicide on Saturday, January 30.
Mr. Zenge is reported to have shot himself within the head at about 7 am.
That was the second time a police officer had dedicated suicide at Half Asini in lower than two years.
He’s believed to have snapped his personal life with a pistol at his dwelling.
Western Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Olivia Adiku, confirmed the demise.
The deceased was discovered “sitting in a blue chair with a gunshot wound on his brow”.
The pistol was discovered beside the physique, and one spent bullet shell was below the seat.
- Police Sergeant shoots himself at Half-Assini
Sergeant Fuseini Mohammed, a Marine Police officer, additionally surrendered to the darkness. His rifle, meant to safeguard the Osagyefo Energy Barge, grew to become his executioner.
In March 2019, Sergeant Fuseini and one different officer guarding the Osagyefo Energy Barge dedicated suicide.
Stories indicated that he wilfully despatched his supporting guard to purchase him a razor blade simply to permit him house and freedom to commit suicide.
Sgt Mohammed was discovered mendacity in a supine place in a pool of blood with the AK 47 rifle he used within the suicide by his legs.
A suicide observe left behind learn: “I can’t take this shame, one thing I don’t find out about.”
He additionally wrote the cell phone numbers of his spouse, one Hajia, and one Bianka on a sheet of paper.
- Police officer commits suicide at Atomic Police barracks
Lance Corporal Francis Adusei, a promising younger star, fell to this darkness.
His service rifle, a software of obligation, grew to become his undoing.
Lance Corporal Francis Adusei, shot himself with a service rifle at his residence at Atomic Police Barracks, Kwabenya, in Accra.
The incident occurred on Monday, Might 6, 2024, at about 8:45 a.m.
Neighbours recounted that they heard a gunshot from Block 3, Room No. 10B, the place the deceased was residing.
By the point they rushed in, the police officer had shot himself with an AK47 assault rifle with the quantity GHGP/58NHQ/PU/AZ6303 – 205.
Blood stains have been discovered on the bedspread and the ground.
Additionally discovered on the scene have been one empty shell and one spherical of AK-47 ammunition in his bed room.
The Lance Corporal was reportedly rushed to the Ghana Atomic Vitality Fee Hospital (GAEC) for medical consideration, the place he was stabilised.
He was transferred to the Korle-Bu Educating Hospital emergency ward and was responding to remedy however later handed on.