Two guests at a wedding ceremony in Kukuo, a suburb of the Tamale Metropolis have been arrested by the Northern Regional Police Command for flouting the ban on social gatherings.
The suspects, Iddi Ibrahim, 34 and Abubakari Yusif Dauda, 33 were arrested for violating the Imposition of Restrictions Bill, 2020, which gives legal backing to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s directives to deal with the threats posed by Coronavirus in the country.
The bride, groom and the remaining guests, however, managed to escape during the raid by the police yesterday, Sunday afternoon.
Briefing the media, the Northern Regional Crime Officer of the Ghana Police Service, Superintendent, Mr Otuo Acheampong said the Police received information at about 1 pm that a wedding ceremony was underway in the community.
He said two patrol teams were dispatched to the scene and arrested the two suspects who were part of the gathering in blatant disregard to the ban on public gatherings and social distancing protocols.
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