2 arrested for causing harm to colleague

Two persons have been arrested by the police for allegedly biting the penis of a Nigerien during a scuffle at Neoplan Station, in Accra.

Suspects, Habib Lawani, 24, and Jibril Sumana are in the custody of the police assisting in investigations.

The Head of Public Relations of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Effia Tenge, disclosed these to the Ghanaian Times, in Accra, yesterday.

She said on Wednesday at about 5:50 p.m,  the police received information that three young men were engaged in a fierce fight along the railway line at Neoplan, and that during the fight the victim popularly known as ‘Taller’, a Nigerien, had his penis bitten.

DSP Tenge said victim was rushed to the Kaneshie Polyclinic for treatment, adding that Taller has since been treated and discharged.

The PRO said according to the victim his phone was stolen last week at Chisco area in Accra, and he suspected the suspects (his friends) to have stolen the phone hence the confrontation between the three resulting in the incident.

BY ANITA NYARKO-YIRENKYI