Officers at the Kwabenya Police station,where robbers attacked, should have known that so many suspects were being kept in one cell, former Greater Accra Regional Police Commander has said.

DCOP Akrofi Asiedu has said Police service goofed by keeping some six hardened criminals at one location,saying officers must be queried.

He has chided the district Commander for his failure run a "random" checks.

“I was expecting that the District Commander should have also visited the cells at random. Somebody in authority should have known that so many suspects were being kept in one cell,” he told joy fm .

“The procedure is clear that you have to examine food thoroughly before passing it on to the suspects…whoever fails to do that has himself to blame."

A policeman on duty was killed and six cell inmates escaped  after criminal gang attacked the Kwabenya Police Station

DCOP Asiedu bemoaned the negligence of  officers of on duty for their failure to detect that items such as  mobile phone and a hacksaw blade have been smuggled into the cells.

DCOP Asiedu’s comments follow revelations by police on Tuesday that a daring plan to escape custody at the Kwabenya Police Station in the Greater Accra Region was facilitated with a hacksaw blade hidden in a bread.

A bread seller near the police station is alleged to have aided the jailbreak that led to the shooting and killing of an officer and escape of seven inmates.

Identified as Nancy Dentah, the trader is reported to have initiated contacts between inmates and the armed group that staged the bloody attack last two weeks.

She reportedly placed the hacksaw blade given to her by an inmate’s brother to try and cut the padlock, but all efforts failed.

Eventually, the suspects in custody were aided by others to escape after attacking the police station.

The Police Service has come under heavy criticism from security experts after the unfortunate incident.

By ghanaguardian.com