Some residents of Darkuman, a suburb in Accra, are accusing officers from the Darkuman Police Station of aiding and protecting a vigilante group that allegedly brutalised and robbed community members during a police operation over the weekend.
According to eyewitnesses, a police swoop on Saturday, purportedly aimed at clamping down on drug dealers and users around Darkuman Wireless and Cable, descended into chaos, with residents alleging that a group of armed vigilantes accompanied the police and violently attacked civilians.
Victims claim the alleged vigilantes, wielding knives, shovels, and other dangerous weapons, assaulted people in full view of armed police officers, with some accusing a senior officer, identified as Chief Quansah, of directly participating in the assaults.
The operation left several wooden structures, including makeshift shops, destroyed.
