The Upper West Regional Police Command has arrested eighteen persons after some angry youth besieged the police station to demand the release of three persons arrested over flogging of two youths in a leaked sex video.
The youth, numbering over 300 pelted stones and burnt tyres to demand the immediate removal of the three suspects.
It took the intervention of more than one hundred Police Personnel, led by the Upper West Regional Police Commander, DCOP Peter Ndekugiri, over two hours to ward off the angry youth.
The Upper West Regional Police Command arrested three persons in connection with the flogging of two persons over a leaked sex tape.
The three suspects include the person who brought the victims to the place and two sub-chiefs.
Reports indicate that the two persons in the viral sex video were nabbed by some young men in the town, who sent them to the Wa Naa Palace.
The Wa Naa was absent upon their arrival, compelling the young men to take matters into their own hands and deliver punishment. They were given twenty lashes each.
The incident has drawn public condemnation of Ghanaians, who have called for sanctions against those involved.
