The Upper West Regional Minister Hon Stephen Yakubu visited the crime scenes of the alleged serial killing of two night watchmen in the Wa municipality. The Minister, who was expected to continue his working visit to the Sisaala West District, Lambussie and the Nandom districts had to cut short the official working visit and visit the crime scenes of the alleged murder cases.
Two night watch men were allegedly murdered on Tuesday 18th June 2024 in the Wa municipality at the Wa East GES office located in Wa municipal and the Wa model JHS respectively.
The Minister assured residents of Wa and the Region at large to be calm and that the Ghana Police service were doing their best and had opened a full investigation into the case in order to bring the perpetrators to book as soon as possible.
An emergency REGSEC Meeting was held to map up strategies in dealing with the situation in the Region.