Despite the government’s announcement of a lockdown in some parts of the country, it seems some Ghanaians have set out to disregard the directive.
The Ghana Police Service is therefore warning that they will not be lenient with anyone who takes them for granted.
According to the Police, some "recalcitrant Ghanaians who ought to stay at home during this lockdown period have been lying to the police in their bid to just go out" without any recourse to the president's directive.
But Speaking on Okay Fm's Ade Akye Abia program, Greater Accra Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, DSP Afia Tenge, explained that the Police will not act friendly towards any Ghanaian who deliberately flouts the lockdown directive and decides to go out for no justifiable reason.
"Some Ghanaians have decided to take the Police for granted and are flouting the President's directive with impunity. The Police will no longer tolerate this kind of attitude again," she added.
President Akufo-Addo announced a lockdown of the hot spots of the coronavirus in Ghana, to control the spread of the virus which has so far claimed five lives in the country and infected 152 people.
The lockdown affects parts of the Greater Accra, Kasoa in the Central Region and Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
The directive took effect at 1 a.m, on Monday, March 30, 2020. However, the directive did not affect a section of the public who were described as essential service providers.
These essential service providers included health professionals, media, bankers, members of the Executive, Legislature and the Judiciary, fuel station workers, among others.
There had been many campaigns and education on the need to stay at home to allow the country to contain the spread of the virus. But some Ghanaians who do not provide any essential service have taken to the streets to go contrary to the lockdown directive.
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Kill them. Ghanaians are simply ***barred word*** and lazy. Put some sense in their head else we will all die
What you are saying is right but remember one thing that some of them have a genuine reason for going out. In a town like Tema New Town and other places, most of the people living there don't have a place of convince in their own homes so they have to go to the public toilet. So are you saying that those people should be dealt with or what. We are each other's keeper. Remember it will be your turn. Also, if someone from Central Region who has his or her banker's at only Greater Accra and Kumasi will be denied from going to the bank, then I think it's not in the right direction.
You have no right to choose to be mean or otherwise...your duty is to apply the law regarding arrest of the recalcitrant
PEOPLE WHO FLOUT THE DIRECTIVES PUT THEIR OWN LIVES AND OTHERS IN DANGER, INCLUDING THE SECURITY. SO THE LAW ENFORCERS MUST ARREST OR VIM ANY RECALCITRANT WHO FLOUTS THE DIRECTIVES. NO POLITICIZATION SHOULD BE TOLERATED, FLOUTERS PUT THEIR LIVES AT RISK EVEN IF SPONSORED BY ANY MISCHIEVOUS PARTY.