Following last Sunday's dastardly killing of two police personnel near Binduri in the Upper East Region by unknown assailants, the police administration has identified that police personnel and their families have been targeted for possible assassination and attacks in the Bawku, Pusiga and Binduri areas.

The police administration, with immediate effect, has, therefore, banned the movement of police personnel and their families in the Bawku, Pusiga and Binduri areas. 

It has also advised that police personnel, both indigenes and non-indigenes, should immediately stay away from traveling to the Bawku , Pusiga and Binduri areas.

Apart from police personnel who are on operational duties, who have been advised to always be in personnel protective equipment (PPE) and only move under armoured escort, all other police personnel have been advised against moving without wearing uniform.

In a wireless message, a copy of which has been seen by Graphic Online, the police administration indicated that there was a surge in violence in the three areas in addition to Garu, with the latest being a target at police personnel.

In the wireless message, the police warned of a “dangerous development” in the Bawku enclave, where personnel and their relatives have become targets of unknown attackers. 

The directive asked police personnel to treat the wireless message as urgent.

Read the message below: