'Sodom and Gomorrah' Riots: 26 persons arrested

  The Greater Accra regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service has disclosed that 26 persons were arrested in connection with Monday morning rioting in different parts of the capital. 

Of the 26 currently being held, there are 25 men and a woman. 

ASP Afia Tengey who was speaking on Accra-based radio station Asempa FM's news analysis program, contested claims that the police were overwhelmed by the rioters who were armed with stones and other implements. 

She averred that the police contained the rioters to the best of their capability even though they suffered some losses. 'Some of our cars were damaged, windshields especially were smashed on a number of our police vans because of the stones they hurled at us,' she added. 

She, however, admitted that the disjointed nature of the rioting groups made the initial job of the police difficult as a result of which they called for reinforcement to quell the situation.