(VIDEO) Immigration officers clash with GPHA security at Tema Port
Chaos erupted between Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) security, and officials of Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at the Tema Port, resulting in a physical altercation.
In a trending video, the officers could be heard with raised voices while engaged in fisticuffs.
According to sources, about 12 GPHA security officers stationed at the Meridian Port Services (MPS) allegedly entered the GIS office at MPS intending to apprehend two officers.
This followed a disagreement during routine vessel checks on the MSC DYMPHNA at the Tema Port.
The disagreement started when security personnel from GPHA insisted on searching the immigration officers after they had finished their inspection duties at the Tema Port.
However, a GIS inspector objected, stating that while searches of their bags were allowed, body searches of the officers, especially by male security personnel, were not permitted.
This started the verbal altercation which quickly escalated into a brawl.
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This comes after a violent clash between troops on peace enforcement duties, and personnel of the Ghana Prison Service in Bawku resulted in numerous injuries, leading to significant unrest in the town.
The clash unfolded at the iconic Bawku Naba Palace during an inaugural ceremony to honor the 40th anniversary of the reign of Bawku Naba Asigri Abugrago Azorka.
This was reportedly due to an unresolved misunderstanding over a missing phone, which escalated into a physical confrontation between the two groups.
Reports suggest that soldiers assigned to provide security during the ceremony confronted and assaulted a prison officer who was also on duty at the palace over the missing phone.
The assaulted prison officer was swiftly rushed to the hospital for urgent medical treatment.
In a retaliatory response, enraged prison officers from the Bawku Central Prisons swiftly mobilized and descended upon the palace to confront the soldiers involved in the assault.
Chaos ensued as the prison officers allegedly fired warning shots to unsettle the soldiers but events degenerated into naked brutalities on the soldiers.