The Police have denied accusations of slow response leveled against them by factions in the Agbogbloshie clashes which recorded three deaths, and varying degrees of injury on Tuesday. According to Superintendent Oklu Gyamrah at the James Town Police Station, his outfit acted swiftly when news about the violence trickled into the station. Earlier reports of political undertones fueling the clashes was confirmed after area leaders of the two political parties, the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress, in separate interviews claimed to have notified the police of the simmering tensions in the area hours before the violence. Joy News reporter Sammy Darko reports that the deceased, Hassan Huseini, and Suali were butchered to death close to the police station but the personnel on duty could not act, ostensibly because they were outnumbered. Mohammed Salifu Issah, a community leader for the NDC claimed to have lodged a complaint with the James Town police immediately after they had information that a group of people said to be supporters of the NPP had returned from Bawku to take over a land at Agbogbloshie which hitherto belonged to them. He said tension was high in the area, as residents prepared to protect themselves from the attacks. The NPP’s Cornelious Dettoh also claimed to have notified the police of a possible violence, after he learnt that some people in the area were trying to resist the return of his colleagues, who he claimed had come to live a peaceful life. But Superintendent Gyamrah told Joy News editor, Matilda Asante Asiedu on Wednesday that at the time the police received the information the factions had already gathered. He said the police on the orders of the Regional Commander Rose Bioh Atinga quickly moved into the Agbogbloshie market to avert further bloodshed. He said they went to Korle-Bu where they had information that one of the factions was gathering. He advised the public to provide information as quickly as possible to the police. Story by Nathan Gadugah/Myjoyonline.com/Ghana