AN irate mob at Aflao went on rampage yesterday and caused extensive damage to the offices of the Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) at the border post.
The slide windows there were vandalised by stones from the mob.
Consequently, the border was temporarily closed, causing frustration to the travelling public.
But as of the time the Daily Graphic got to the scene, things had returned to normalcy.
A combined security team, led by the Volta Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Reverend David Ampah-Benin, had already positioned themselves to bring sanity to the border for the free movement of people and goods.
According to information gathered by the Daily Graphic, a clash had ensued between some immigration officials and a taxi driver at a border point known as “Beat Nine”.
The source said when an immigration official signalled the driver, who was entering from the Republic of Togo, to stop, he refused.
It said the officer, with one other security official in plain clothes, chased the car on a motorbike, which later bumped into the taxi and in the ensuing melee a gun went off, injuring one of the passengers on board the taxi.
The source of the gunshot could not be identified because, according to sources, the officers on the motorbike were both armed.
The victim was rushed to the Ketu District Hospital at Aflao.
During the rampage, lorry tyres were set ablaze at 10 spots, starting from the Ketu District Hospital Junction, while stones were used to block the gateway to Togo.
As of the time of going to press, the military had arrived to help policemen bring the situation under control.
Meanwhile, the two security men have been placed in police custody pending further investigations.
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