Tamale MTTU clamps down on motor riders
The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Northern Region has begun an operation in the Tamale metropolis to prosecute motor riders for various forms of road traffic offences.
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So far, seven persons are to be arraigned, following the operation that took place last Wednesday.
Additionally,11 unregistered motorbikes have been seized from their owners and the offenders are being screened.
The Commander of the MTTU, Superintendent Cashman Blewushie told the Daily Graphic that his outfit discovered that almost all the motorbikes had their side mirrors removed, which he described as an offence.
According to the MTTU commander,it had come to the notice of the police that there was an influx of unregistered motorbikes in the metropolis.
He entreated riders and their pillions to ensure that they wore their crash helmets and to acquire a riding licence before using their motorbikes.
Supt Blewushie stated that the owners of the unregistered motorbikes would be screened to ensure that they had the requisite documents backing the acquisition of the motorbikes.
He said his outfit would ensure that as a condition for the release of the motorbikes, their respective owners registered them immediately.
The commander said he had already alerted riders through the various radio stations about the exercise and added that ignorance before the law was no excuse.
He intimated that the exercise would be sustained and that the current one was just a tip of the iceberg.
Figures have shown that every month ,the MTTU in Tamale recorded at least eight accidents that involved motorcycles and many of them were fatal.
Last year,the MTTU recorded 156 motor accidents in the metropolis out of which 88 involved motorcycles. While 105 deaths were recorded, 225 sustained various degrees of injuries. The MTTU maintained that almost half of these fatalities and injuries were either motor riders or persons knocked down by motorbikes.
Meanwhile, the Northern Regional Police Commander,Deputy Commissioner of Police(DCOP),Ken Yeboah, has entreated radio stations in the metropolis to help educate motorists, particularly riders, to desist from riding without their crash helmets. He was addressing radio station managers and presenters at a meeting in Tamale to sensitise them to promote religious tolerance on their various stations ahead of the Ramadan next week.
Story: Vincent Amenuveve / Dauly Graphic / Ghana
