Jail break in Ghana cell

Three cell inmates outwitted police officers at the Agona Nkwanta Police Cells of the Western region of Ghana to escape. In a well-rehearsed plan, one of them complained of stomachache and when Sergeant Eric Sekyi came to his aid, they poured powdered pepper into his eyes.Sources at the police station say, three of the inmates who know about the plan bolted in the process, leaving the blinded police officer wailing in pains. An eyewitness who spoke to Africa News said he chance-met the scene while seeing a friend off on Tuesday dawn.The officer has been rushed to the Dixcove Hospital, the only health facility which is about 20km away from the district capital for medical attention. Doctors say he will be on admission for some days.Meanwhile, the Western Regional police command remained mute over the incidence. Sources at the command however said the police officer has been given a 10 -day ultimatum to re-arrest the bolted inmates to guarantee the continuity of his status as a policeman.Olivia Adeku, the Public Relations officer of the Western Regional Police Command said they would only issue a statement on the issue after the 10-day ultimatum had expired. “It is part of our professional ethics to instruct the police officer to produce the run-away inmates,” she said.