Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Armed Attack on Ghana Embassy in Libya

Ambassador to Libya and his family are living in the state of fear, doubt and uncertainty as some unidentified gun men have incessantly attacked and robbed the residence of H.E Kodjo Hodari-Okae in Tripoli.

Narrating his ordeal to Radio Gold, a local radio station in Accra, the Ghana Ambassador to Libya recounted that two armed attack have been launched to his residence in the spate of two weeks.

He said, in the early hours of Sunday the 35th of March 2012 he and his family woke up to realize that some people had broken into their house and made away with valuable properties belonging to both the Mission and his family. The Ghanaian diplomat said, as if that was not enough, while the police was trying to investigate the incident there was other gun attacks on the residency on the 29th March 2012.

H.E Kojo Hodari Okine said ‘’I was under the shower when I heard an unusual loud noise which sounded like an explosion. I rushed out of the bathroom and saw my wife holding her left arm and crawling and moving towards me and said ‘’the people are shooting in the bedroom so I pushed her to safety while I took preventive measures.

I later observed there was a lot of broken glasses and holes in the window, there was no light so I didn’t see the details.’’ He said.

According to my wife ‘’she saw some men numbering about 3-7 standing beside their cars opposite the residency, one of them wielding a gun, thus on seeing them she turned and it was then that he started firing into the house in the night.’’

He stated that since the incident happened he had informed the Police in Tripoli and the National Transitional Council (NTC) but nothing practical had been done allay his doubt and also to guarantee their safety, though he was assured by the authorities of positioning security guards at the residency. He said all the assurances have failed to materialized.

See Link Below for details of this story:http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=235438

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