According to The Evening News banner story, The Police Service says it has not received any formal reports on the alleged brutalities being meted out to natives of the Volta Region and other ethnic groups residing in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions.

Inspector A.K. Arthur of the Police Public Relations Directorate stated that officials at the headquarters in Accra would crosscheck the rumour from the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regional Commanders of the Service to ascertain its veracity or otherwise.

He emphasised that the police would act immediately on its findings after the investigations. "As far as I know the police have not received any complaints of assaults of natives of the Volta Region, residing in other regions, but we will investigate the matter," he said.