The summit, which attracted a large number of both international and local participants, recorded several cases of theft, prompting increased police surveillance and the deployment of an undercover operation at the venue.

According to the police, reports were received on Friday, December 19, 2025, from participants who complained about the theft of personal items, including mobile phones, iPads and credit cards.

In response, a covert security operation was immediately mounted to enhance protection and ensure the safety of attendees.

Briefing the media on Tuesday, December 23, the Accra Regional Head of Public Affairs, Superintendent Juliana Obeng, said the operation led to the identification and arrest of Regan Kwesi Egui-Addo, also known as Morgan Addo. She disclosed that the suspect was already on the police wanted list for similar theft-related offences within the Accra Central Police Division.

She explained that the suspect was found at the conference posing as a legitimate participant and wearing an official summit identification tag. However, upon questioning, he was unable to give a satisfactory account of his presence at the event, leading to his arrest. He was subsequently detained at the Ministries Police Station, where investigations are ongoing.

Preliminary investigations indicate that the suspect uses deceptive tactics to steal ATM cards. Police say he deliberately creates difficulties for victims at ATM points and then approaches them under the pretext of offering assistance, only to secretly swap their cards. Investigators have confirmed that the suspect withdrew unspecified sums of money from various ATM locations using cards obtained through this method.

Further investigations suggest that Egui-Addo targeted summit participants during breaks, taking advantage of moments when attendees were distracted to steal ATM cards and other valuables from bags and laptops.

Following his arrest, a search was conducted at the suspect’s residence at Ashaley-Botwe, where eight ATM cards belonging to different individuals were retrieved. The cards are currently being held as exhibits while police work with the relevant financial institutions to identify the rightful owners and support ongoing investigations.

Superintendent Juliana Obeng reassured the public of the police service’s commitment to protecting lives and property, especially during large public gatherings. She noted that adequate security would continue to be provided at public events, particularly as the festive season approaches.

She also urged members of the public to remain alert, keep personal belongings under close watch at all times and promptly report any suspicious behaviour to the police, stressing that public cooperation remains critical to preventing crime and ensuring public safety.

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Lawrence Reed who was arrested for the crime had 72 prior arrests that include eight felony convictions and seven misdemeanors, according to the White House.

The victim, 26-year-old Bethany MaGee, survived the attack but is “now fighting for her life with horrific burns”, the White house said in a statement.

In court on Monday, Mr Reed yelled three times in succession “I’m guilty”, after the judge warned he could receive a life sentence for charges that include committing a terrorist attack, according to reports from inside the courtroom.

The White House has sought to blame the incident on Democrats’ policies on crime, casting them as “soft”.

Both the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago are led by Democrats, and President Donald Trump is currently seeking to withhold federal funds from Illinois over its elimination of “cash bail”, where an arrested person posts a sum of money to be released from jail before trial.

The suspect “was walking free because of the radical, dangerous ‘no cash bail’ law proudly signed by Governor JB Pritzker and celebrated by Chicago’s defund-the-police Mayor Brandon Johnson”, the White House said in a statement it released on Tuesday.

Mayor Johnson said in a statement that the attack “was a tragic incident, and the Mayor’s prayers are with the victim and her family.”

Mr Reed, 50, has a history of mental illness and has been arrested 72 times since he turned 18, according to a Chicago affiliate of the BBC’s partner CBS News.

In August, he was charged with aggravated battery for allegedly hitting a social worker and after his arrest was released with electronic monitoring against prosecutors’ objections.

The attack against Ms MaGee happened while she was “minding her own business and reading her phone”, prosecutors said.

According to the criminal complaint, she was approached by Mr Reed arriving from the back of the train car who then doused her with gasoline before she ran.

As he chased her, the complaint said, Mr Reed ignited the rest of the liquid in the bottle and set Ms MaGee on fire.

Footage of the incident appeared to show Mr Reed watching Ms MaGee as she rolled on the floor engulfed in flames attempting to extinguish the fire.

Last week, Mayor Johnson said the attack “should have never happened”, characterising it as “an absolute failure of our criminal justice as well as our mental health institutions”.

He said the suspect clearly faced mental health challenges and presented a danger to himself and the community.

As a county commissioner, Johnson in 2020 introduced a nonbinding resolution to redirect funds from police and jails to other public services, but while running for mayor in 2023 he promised not to cut police spending.

President Donald Trump earlier said he believed “with a high degree of certainty” that the shooting suspect was taken into custody.

Four sources familiar with the matter also told CNN that a person is being questioned in connection with the fatal shooting.

The suspect is 22 years old and from Washington, Utah, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.

The suspect’s father identified his son from photos that had been made public, according to a source.

Suspected shooter Tyler Robinson’s roommate showed investigators messages on Discord, a group chat app, where Robinson talked about retrieving a rifle, according to Utah Gov. Spencer Cox.

The roommate opened Discord and “allowed investigators to take photos of the screen as each message was shown by Robinson’s mate,” Cox said today at a news briefing.

“The content of these included messages affiliated with the contact Tyler, stating a need to retrieve a rifle from a drop point, leaving the rifle in a bush, messages related to visually watching the area where a rifle was left, and a message referring to having left the rifle wrapped in a towel,” Cox detailed.

“The messages also refer to engraving bullets and a mention of a scope, and the rifle being unique. Messages from the contact Tyler also mentioned that he had changed outfits,” Cox noted.

Investigators found the suspect wearing similar clothes to those seen on video, the governor says.

Authorities pored over surveillance footage from Utah Valley University and saw the suspect arriving on campus Wednesday morning in a Dodge Challenger, Gov. Spencer Cox said.

He was seen in a plain maroon T-shirt, light-colored shorts, a black hat with a white logo and light-colored shoes, Cox said.

When encountered by investigators this morning, the suspect was wearing clothes “consistent” with those seen on video, the governor said.

The suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk, Tyler Robinson, spoke negatively of the victim before the shooting, a family member told investigators, Utah’s governor said.

“Investigators interviewed a family member of Robinson who stated that Robinson had become more political in recent years,” Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday in a news conference.

The suspect specifically mentioned Kirk during a family dinner, Cox said.

“In the conversation with another family member, Robinson mentioned that Charlie Kirk was coming to UVU. They talked about why they didn’t like him and the viewpoints that he had,” the governor said.

Robinson at the dinner said, “Kirk was full of hate and spreading hate,” according to the relative’s account related by Cox.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said officials have Tyler Robinson, the suspect accused of the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.

“We got him. On the evening of September 11, a family member of Tyler Robinson reached out to a family friend who contacted the Washington County Sheriff’s Office with information that Robinson had confessed to them or implied that he had committed the incident,” Cox said during a news conference on Friday.

The father of the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect, who was taken into custody, identified his son from photos that had been made public, according to a law enforcement official.

The father told his son to turn himself in. He also called a youth pastor to assist. The pastor called the US Marshals, who took the suspect into custody.

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The arrest of Ahiable Yao David was effected on 23rd May 2025 at about 4:30 pm near a cassava farm in Gbugbla-Tokor, a farming community in the Aflao enclave.

He had been spotted by a vigilant local resident, who immediately alerted members of the Latevikope community and the Action Now Security Group, after recognising the suspect as a person of interest on the Aflao Police’s wanted list.

During a brief engagement with the community members, it was disclosed by the suspect that he had been evading arrest and had sought refuge in a school in Ho.

According to his account, he voluntarily returned to Aflao on the day of his apprehension due to what he described as persistent “spiritual attacks”.

“I was having some attacks, that’s why I came back,” the suspect reportedly stated.

Following his detention by the community, he was handed over to the Aflao Divisional Police Command for further interrogation.

At the time of filing this report, the suspect was undergoing profiling by the police, with official sources indicating that further details could not yet be disclosed.

An officer at the Aflao Police Station assured that due process would be observed and that the suspect would be arraigned before a competent court of jurisdiction.

According to preliminary statements reportedly made by the suspect during interrogation, he claimed to have mistaken the child for a goat at the time of the killing, citing spiritual affliction as a possible cause of his actions.

The case, now being treated as a suspected incident of murder, remains under active investigation. The police have reiterated their commitment to ensuring justice is served in accordance with the law.

Background

On Monday, May 12, the dismembered remains of a five-year-old girl were found, suspected to have been used in a ritual.

The main suspect, Ahiable Yao David (now in Police custody), was identified as a fan milk vendor and a member of a local church choir.

According to sources, the victim’s mother had reportedly left her two children sleeping while she stepped out briefly to buy some items.

Upon her return, she discovered that the elder of the two, her five-year-old daughter, was missing. A frantic search led to the discovery of the child’s blood-stained dress within the compound of the suspect.

The Aflao Police were immediately notified. A search of the suspect’s room uncovered a pot buried beneath his bed, allegedly containing human body parts.

The horrific nature of the discovery sent shockwaves through the community, leaving many residents in disbelief and grief.

The incident led to the tragic death of a Kotoko supporter, Francis Frimpong, popularly known as Nana Pooley.

So far, five individuals, including Nsoatreman FC owner Ignatius Baffour Awuah, have been taken into custody.

On Thursday morning, the police confirmed the arrest of a sixth suspect, Elizabeth Akosua Ntiriwaa, widely known as Akosua Black Chinese.

According to an official statement from the Ghana Police Service, Akosua Ntiriwaa is currently in custody and assisting with investigations.

In response to the incident, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has postponed all Matchday 20 fixtures.

Additionally, the GFA plans to hold a meeting with Premier League club CEOs to discuss measures to curb hooliganism at football venues.

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Presiding over the case on Wednesday, February 5, 2025, Her Worship Melisa Serlom Dadson ordered the suspect to remain in custody until his next court appearance on February 26. Mr. Quansah pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Prosecuting Police Chief Inspector Peter Sagare informed the court that the suspect allegedly committed the crime in Ayanfuri.

Speaking to Adom News, Nana Kwabena Okyere, Asafoakye of Denkyira Akwamu, recounted that Oduro left for work on January 19 but never returned home.

Concerned family members lodged a complaint at the Ayanfuri police station, and later, authorities received information that Quansah was in possession of the deceased’s taxi.

An autopsy report confirmed that Oduro was murdered. He is survived by his wife and five children.

Nana Kwabena Okyere has called on the court to ensure justice is served, while family members attending the hearing have also appealed to the Attorney General for a fair trial.

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Mims is accused of shooting and injuring one person in the leg during the incident.

The suspect reportedly fled the scene, leaving behind his vehicle, which has since been secured by the police.

A police intelligence-led operation is currently underway to apprehend the suspect, and authorities have assured the public that efforts are being made to bring him to justice.

The police have urged anyone with information regarding Mims’ whereabouts to come forward and assist in the ongoing investigation.

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A man has been apprehended in Las Vegas in connection with the 1996 fatal shooting of 2Pac.

The Associated Press reports that police arrested Duane “Keffe D” Davis on Friday morning. At this time, it’s unknown what exact charges he’s facing. In July, the home of Davis’s wife, Paula Clemons, was raided by the Las Vegas Metro Police Department over items “concerning the murder of Tupac Shakur.”

In the raid, police confiscated multiple computers, a cellphone, a hard drive, a Vibe magazine that featured 2Pac, several .40-caliber bullets, two “tubs containing photographs,” and a copy of Keefe D’s 2019 memoir, Compton Street Legend. Henderson home.

Keefe D previously confessed that he was in the car from which the bullets that killed 2Pac came. The drive-by shooting took place one block from the Las Vegas Strip on Sept. 7, 1996.

Keefe has also done multilple interview with DJ Vlad where he talked about 2Pac’s murder openly.

Last year, Reggie Wright Jr., who worked as the head of security for Death Row Records, claimed there was increased activity from authorities surrounding 2Pac’s murder case. He also theorized that “Keefe D [has] been having the runs for the last two weeks… because yeah, they are knocking on doors and there’s some activity.”

Davis caught wind of the comments and told Wright to not mention his name.

“I’m tired of him. He bringing up my name,” Keefe continued. “He brought up my name from day one. I am tired of him…I don’t know what’s wrong with the dude. He obsessed with me. You heard of that song by Mariah Carey? Shit, leave me the f*ck alone bitch.”

Earlier in the summer, 2Pac’s biological father Billy Garland sat down with The Art of Dialogue and said he thinks the U.S. government was involved in his son’s death.

“[2Pac] was being tailed by the government the night of his assassination,” Garland said. “He was being tailed by the government [at] Quad Studio—that’s a known fact. … I just know it looked like a setup to me.”

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Ayoma, on the night of March 2, escaped from lawful custody after appearing at the High Court and was remanded into Nsawam Prison Custody.

Appearing before the Circuit Court in Accra presided over by His Honour Samuel Bright Acquah after his re-arrest on May 4, he said a police officer provided him and one Godwin Klu, (2nd Accused), with a hacksaw blade in the cells.

This was after Ayoma, also said to be an Electrician, pleaded guilty with an explanation to counts 1 and 3 – Conspiracy to escape from lawful custody and Causing unlawful damage.

His explanation to the court on count 1 (Conspiracy to escape from lawful custody) was that the policeman gave the hacksaw blade to A2 (Godwin Klu) and convinced him (Ayoma) to join the plot to escape.

He added that the plan to escape was hatched by the policeman on duty and A2 (Godwin) but he joined because he was going through severe pains and sickness.

For count 3 – Causing unlawful damage, his explanation was that, “it was the severe pain and sickness which compelled me to cut the iron bar.”

He, however, pleaded not guilty to counts 2 and four – Conspiracy to commit a crime to wit Causing unlawful damage and Escaping from lawful custody.

Klu, who could not escape and is in detention is separately charged with Abetment of crime to wit escaping from lawful custody.

The court after listening to the 1st Accused, (Ayoma), entered a not-guilty plea for him on both counts 1 and Count 3.

Investigate police officer

The court after remanding the accused into the Nsawam Prison Custody to reappear on May 22, 2023, however, directed that the policeman in question be investigated.

“The police must investigate the policeman who abetted A2,(Godwin Klu), by providing him a hacksaw blade to cut the iron bar,” the court directed.

The said Policeman who allegedly abetted the 1st Accused person’s escape has been detained by the police pending investigation.

Latest facts

Chief Inspector Danku who held Superintendent Yirenkyi’s brief for the Prosecution told the court that, the Complainants are Policemen from Manet Police Station Accra.

He said, the 1st Accused, Pius Anundoabil Ayoma and 2nd Accused, Godwin Klu, were remand prisoners in the Manet Police Station Cells.

According to the Prosecution, the 1st Accused is facing charges of Robbery and Attempted Murder at the High Court while the 2nd Accused was also facing a charge of stealing.

He said in the course of their detention, the 1st Accused person was committed for trial at High Court ‘5’ and remanded into prison custody and the 2nd Accused person was convicted to four (4) years imprisonment.

Hatched plans

According to the Prosecution, while arrangements were underway to convey the two accused persons into Prisons custody, they hatched a plan not to go to the prison but to escape.

“As a result, the accused persons broke the burglar proof at the cell’s window, caused damage to the wire mesh and tore the mosquito net, creating a hole for their escape,@ the Prosecution told the court.

The Prosecution said on March 2, 2023, at about 2:00 am, the 2nd Accused attempted to go through the hole but his heavy build body did not allow him.

“The 1st Accused also attempted to escape but his trousers got hooked on the rough edge of the iron rod used to construct the burglar-proof and was hanging on the window, but was assisted by the 2nd Accused by releasing his trousers from the iron rod and gave the trousers to him to wear and escaped.

“The 2nd Accused could not escape and was escorted to Ankaful Prisons to commence his sentence, whilst a search party was formed to recapture the 1 lst Accused,” the Prosecution told the court.

The Prosecution said a combined team of personnel from the National Investigation Bureau and the Ghana Police Service picked intelligence that the suspect was hiding between Shukura and Afienya.

“On May 4, 2023, at about 8:00 pm, the First accused was smoked out of his hideout at Afienya and escorted to the Regional CID,” the Prosecution added.

“The accused persons admitted the offence in their caution statements and were charged with the offence and arraigned,” the Prosecution told the Court.

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Lawyers of Yohanne Zikpi, the fourth Accused person (A4) led by Lawyer Anthony Lartey was subjecting Chief Inspector Michael Nkrumah, the 14th and last Prosecution Witness to further cross-examination when sitting was interrupted.

Chief Inspector Nkrumah, is the investigator in the case and is facing scrutiny from the defence lawyers.

Dr Frederick Yao Mac-Palm, the Chief Executive Officer of Citadel Hospital, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dr Benjamin Agordzo and eight others have all been charged.

While Dr Mac-Palm and seven others including WOII Esther Saan have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy and high treason, ACP Dr Agordzo and Col. Kojo Gameli have also denied the charge of abetment.

They have been admitted to bail and are standing trial.

In court on Monday, further cross-examination was interrupted because the Sixth Accused person started throwing up and was taken to the Court Clinic.

The Court Warrant officer who took her to the clinic came back to inform the court that, WOII Esther Saan was throwing up because she took medicine on an empty stomach.

Consequently, the three-member panel of the High Court presided over by Justice Afia Serwah Asare-Botwe adjourned proceedings to June 22.

According to EIB Network’s Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah, Mr Lartey is expected to conclude his cross-examination in 40 minutes at the next sitting as per the case management completion plan agreed on with the court.

The prosecution would be required to close its case when Mr Lartey ends his cross-examination of the witness.

Cross-examination

While subjecting Chief Inspector Nkrumah to cross-examination, counsel suggested to him that he requested A4 (Yohanne Zikpi) to rewrite exhibit AQ1 (investigations Cautioned statement dated 21/10/19) for the sole purpose of incriminating A4 (Zikpi) and A1 (Dr Mac-Palm) and nothing else.

But the investigator said that was not true.

The Investigator told the court that he obtained the exhibits AQ (Cautioned Statements) and AQ1 immediately after the fourth Accused (A4) immediately after interrogation.

When it was put to him that, he was not physically present throughout the period when A4 was interrogated, the Investigator said, he was there.

It was the case of counsel that, the interrogation of A4 took place behind closed doors at the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) premises.

But the witness debunked that assertion, saying “It took place in our usual interrogation room.”

Mr Saani remarked that most of the information needed by the Police during investigation is mostly from the general population, and covering the faces of suspects will complicate the investigation.

He again revealed that before a culprit will intend to commit a crime, the person rationalises whether he would be caught or not. This, he believes, will pose more threat to the security system in the country.

According to Mr Saani, people will continue to commit crime in the country believing their faces would be covered and their identities hidden from the masses.

“The first thing taken into consideration is the interest of the state whilst making sure that the sanctity of the state is maintained,” he said in an interview on Adom News.

He reminded that there is no morality when it comes to ensuring the security of the state as it has been revealed by legal practitioners that most of the cases brought before the court are based on circumstantial evidence.

“You were there when the crime was perpetrated or you were caught in the act; then you are guilty of the offence,’’ he explained why some identities should be made public.

In response to the issue of privacy, Mr Saani asserted that when the faces of the suspects are published after court proceedings, the Police should use the same procedure by issuing a statement of the vindication of the suspects.

Mr Saani concluded that the country will be destroyed if judgment from court is awaited before the publication of suspects.

The Ghana Police Service on 6th December resolved to no longer show or display faces of suspects until final judgment.

In a statement, the police service said the decision is to demonstrate the highest level of professionalism in all policing endeavours.

Richard Appiah, 28, is reported to have told investigators that he started killing dogs before switching to the killing of human beings.

The source said he told his interrogators that something urged him to kill a black dog, which he did.

Mr Appiah told the police he only ate the head of the dog after killing it.

According to the source, “there is evidence to show that he really killed a black dog first before he turned to the people he killed.”

“That ‘something’ he is claiming influenced him to commit the heinous crimes, we do not know. The police do not dwell on spirits to do an investigation.”

The 28-year-old, according to the source, one week after killing the dog, “told the interrogators that the so-called ‘something’ urged him again to kill human beings and that was exactly what he did.”

Some residents of Abesim near Sunyani in the Bono Region, a town rocked by the gruesome murder of two children, say they suspect is a serial killer.

They have asked the Police to investigate the mysterious disappearance of people in the area.

The arrest of Richard Appiah and a subsequent Police search of his house revealed the bodies of two children, aged 12 and 15.

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Louis Agyemang is believed to be a family member of the suspect and Stephen Sarpong’s body was allegedly dismembered by the accused person.

Pieces of flesh suspected to be human parts were also found stocked in a fridge in his house in August this year. 

In an interaction with Luv FM, the mother of Stephen Sarpong, one of the victims, said she believes her son’s death may lead to exposing the suspect’s hidden serial crimes.

According to a DailyGuide report, there appeared to be some kind of stalemate between the police and the families of the victims over the burial of the deceased.

Louis Agyeman was buried last weekend but the family of George Sarpong initially did not want to take the body in protest for the slow pace of investigations into the matter.

However, the newspaper said it is reliably informed that the family has now decided to collect the body from the police and bury him over the coming weekend.

Richard Appiah, 28, sent shockwaves across the country in August, when he was caught keeping human body parts in a refrigerator in his room at Alaska, a suburb of Abesim near Sunyani in the Bono Region.

A source has told Daily Guide that since coming into police custody, suspect Appiah has only insisted on eating fried rice with chicken and will eat nothing else apart from the popular food.

He is said to be giving some information about what might have motivated him to perpetuate the heinous crimes, and reportedly told investigators that he started killing dogs before switching to the killing of human beings.

According to the police, he killed at least two boys aged between 13 and 15.

Their names were given as Louis Agyemang, believed to be a family member of the suspect, and Stephen Sarpong, 15, whose body was dismembered by the accused person.

Spiritual Alibi

Suspect Appiah told his interrogators that something urged him to kill a black dog, which he did.

He informed the police he only ate the head of the dog after killing it, and the source said “there is evidence to show that he really killed a black dog first before he turned to the people he killed.”

“That ‘something’ he is claiming influenced him to commit the heinous crimes, we do not know. The police do not dwell on spirits to do investigation.”

According to the source, one week after killing the dog, “he told the interrogators that the so-called ‘something’ urged him again to kill human beings and that was exactly what he did.”

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Psychiatric Issue

The source said suspect Appiah does not appear to be mentally sound, a claim many people do not support.

“There is evidence to show that Richard Appiah had psychological problem, saying some time ago he visited the hospital for psychiatry examination,” the source said, adding “there was evidence that he was taken to the hospital. If you like, you can check the hospital here in Sunyani to verify.”

According to the source, the police have requested for psychiatric evaluation for the suspect, and it was being done at the Psychiatry Hospital in Accra, as part of the investigation.

No Collaborators

The source refuted rumours going around in Sunyani that the suspect mentioned his collaborators during investigations as including politicians, owners of hotels and chop bar operators, both in Sunyani and Berekum.

“It is a lie. You see when the news broke it was even mentioned that Richard owed fleet of cars and mansions.

“Look, the storey building opposite the crime scene is for somebody who is domiciled abroad and not even in the country. Richard Appiah does not even owe a motorbike let alone cars,” the source noted.

No Cover-Up

The source further refuted allegations that because the police administration wanted to conceal evidence, they transferred the suspect to Accra.

“The police administration has procedures in dealing with crime. The IGP as the head decides to do whatever he thinks is best with investigation in any part of the country. The transfer was purely an administrative decision aimed at ensuring investigations are done expeditiously.

“The IGP or the regional commanders can decide where investigations into a case can take place and that is not to hide anything from the public,” the source pointed out.

Body Parts

According to the source, the forensic investigations being carried out by pathologists indicated that all parts of the disfigured bodies were intact except their genitals which were missing.

The suspect, the source said, accepted that he put the genitals into a water closet and flushed everything.

“That was why the police had to draw water from the septic tanks at the crime scene in order to check for the information he gave out during interrogation.”

Victims Burial

There appeared to be some kind of stalemate between the police and the families of the victims over the burial of the deceased.

Louis Agyeman was buried last weekend but the family of George Sarpong initially did not want to take the body in protest for the slow pace of investigations into the matter.

However, Daily Guide understands that the family has now decided to collect the body from the police and bury him over the coming weekend.

Court Process

Back in Accra, the case of Appiah was adjourned to October 25.

The case had been rescheduled for October 5, but had to be adjourned because the magistrate hearing the matter had taken her leave.

The police at the last court sitting had indicated to the court that they were awaiting the results of an autopsy conducted on the mortal remains of the two children found in the room of the accused person.

Chief Inspector Lawrence Anane told the court that once they received the autopsy report, they will conclude their investigations and forward a duplicate docket to Office of the Attorney General for advice.

Gruesome Murder

Richard Appiah, believed to be an architect or surveyor and a footballer, was said to be a friend to the victims.

He was said to have initially denied knowledge of the whereabouts of Louis Agyemang, the boy who went missing, and it was a man who lives in the neighbourhood who insisted that the suspect knew the whereabouts of Louis because he had seen the suspect and the victim together on the day the victim went missing.

It was alleged that, Appiah after the dastardly act, brought out his clothing and set it on fire, probably to delete any evidence of the crime.

Discovered Intestines

The police later discovered the intestines of the victims buried on a cocoa farm.

A police statement signed by ACP Kwesi Ofori, acting Director-General, Public Affairs, of the Ghana Police Service said “the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters team investigating the Abesim murder case has yesterday, Tuesday, August 24, 2021, discovered a place where suspect Richard Appiah buried the intestines of one of the murder victims.”

The statement said further how the police also found a sharp cutlass used in the murder, as well as where the body parts were buried.

“The intestines were buried on a cocoa farm at Abesim, which the police have since exhumed for pathological analysis and forensic examination in Accra,” the statement pointed out.

“The investigation team has also worked around a septic tank and other places of concern for further examinations,” the statement said.

 

Corporal Isaac Ampomah is alleged to have freed suspect Theresa Forson after ‘bonking’ her inside the cells when he was alone at post.

It is said that the police officer bargained with the suspect to end her stay in cells after she had been locked up for days.

After the intercourse on September 25, Corporal Ampomah allegedly freed her and asked her to go into hiding.

Her family, however, dragged her back to the police station.

Central Regional Public Relations Officer, Inspector Evans Enttie, who confirmed the incident to Adom News’ Seth Adjei, said that the said police officer has been detained.

He said that it is just an allegation, and investigations have been launched to ascertain the facts of the matter.

The identity of the suspect was not released by the police.

He was arrested after Richard Appiah, a 28-year-old architect, was nabbed on August 20, 2021, for the alleged murder of three boys for keeping some body parts in a double-door fridge in his room.

The suspect is alleged to have murdered his stepbrother and two others, aged between 12 and 15 years.

The remains of a third victim who was cut into pieces is yet to be identified.

Appiah was arrested after a relative of one of the victims had reported to the Sunyani Police about his missing son on August 20, 2021.

The second suspect, whose name has been withheld by the police, was arrested in connection with the murder.

Multiple sources close to the Ghana Police Service have confirmed that the second suspect was discharged after investigations established that he was not linked to the case.

Court

Appiah, the main suspect being held in connection with the case, has since been put before the Kaneshie magistrate court on a provisional charge of two counts of murder.

Appiah is expected to appear before the court on September 15, 2021.

The police have also exhumed the intestines of one of the victims from a cocoa farm in Abesim.

The remains have been brought to the Police Hospital in Accra for pathological analysis and forensic examination.

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Two machetes with bloodstains on them were also retrieved from the crime scene.

It is believed that machetes were used by Appiah to commit the crime.

Background

On August 20, this year, the police arrested Appiah for allegedly killing three children and keeping some body parts in a fridge in his room.

The suspect is alleged to have murdered his stepbrother and two others, aged between 12 and 15 years.

He was arrested after a relative of one of the victims had reported to the Sunyani Police about his missing son on August 20, 2021.

The second suspect, who has now been released, was arrested in connection with the murder.

Three suspects arrested in connection with the murder of a social media activist, Kaaka Macho at Ejura are making their maiden appearance at the Asokwa District Court in Kumasi.

The suspects are Issakar Ibrahim, also known as Anyas, Fuseini Alhassan and Iddi Mohammed.

They are expected to answer charges on the murder of Ibrahim Mohammed, aka Kaaka Macho, who died after some unknown assailants assaulted him at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.

He died from head injuries three days after being admitted at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.

Kaaka’s death angered the youth of Ejura who went on a protest in the farming community.

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A combined police-military team deployed to maintain peace and order shot two more people dead, with four others sustaining gunshot wounds.

Government has since appointed a three-man committee to probe the deaths and disturbances at Ejura.

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The suspect, popularly known as “Taata,” allegedly slashed the throat of Yevu when the latter intervened to rescue a 22-year-old lady from being attacked by the former.

Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Efia Tenge, the Head of Public Affairs Unit of the Accra Regional Police Command, told the GNA that on Thursday, June 24, at about 2130 hours, the police received a distress call from Kotobabi on the incident.

She said the call indicated that the incident occurred at about 2100 hours at Kotobabi Gaza Street.

Mrs Tenge said the police visited the Maamobi General Hospital and was informed that at about 2230 hours the same day, Prince Yevu was brought in dead with the right side of his throat slashed.

She said the police also met the 22-year-old lady who was on admission. Upon interrogations, she informed them that at about 2100 hours on Thursday, June 24, 2021, she had a quarrel with one Akosua at Kotobabi Gaza Street.

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The lady said during the scuffle, Taata came in to attack her and when Yevu intervened, Taata allegedly slashed his throat with a knife.

Mrs Tenge said the police later proceeded to the residence of “Taata” at Alajo to effect his arrest but he was not home.

The body of the deceased had been conveyed to the Police Hospital mortuary pending autopsy, she said.

In the video, one was seen hitting the suspect’s head several times with a bundle of broomsticks while the others watched on.

The suspect, who was initially on a chair, fell to the floor as he groans in pain from the beatings with the broomstick scattered all over.

Despite the pain, the policemen reportedly stationed at the Akyem Abomasu in the Eastern Region did not halt the brutality.

The onlooking policemen, who thought he was probably feigning the pain, ordered him to stand up and position himself well.

The suspect, according to reports, was arrested about two weeks ago after he attacked a Pentecost pastor and his family in the community.

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Though it is not clear what triggered the actions of the policemen, the suspect is said to be a hardened criminal.

He is said to be on the police wanted list for alleged multiple crimes including robbery, stabbing, and prison custody escape.

Watch the video attached above.

DSP Olivia Adiku, Western Regional Police Public Relations Officer, says a confrontation ensued between the police and the suspects around 8 pm on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.

This was when a team of officers from the Western Regional Criminal Investigations Department (CID), together with Accra regional SWAT personnel followed intelligence received on the suspects.

According to DSP Adiku, police closed in on the suspects at Elmina, along the Cape Coast-Takoradi road.

She said as police moved in on the suspects, they engaged police in a shootout during which the deceased was gunned down but two others managed to escape on a motorbike.

Another motorbike, blue in color with registration number M-20 GW 6060 with the last zero covered with a sticker to read GW 606 was recovered from the scene.

The police later located the hideout of the suspects where a search was conducted with one life and one spent AK 47 ammunition, a live tortoise and a talisman recovered.

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Another suspect, Inusah Fuseini, aged 25 years who was met at the hideout was also arrested for interrogation.

The body of the deceased suspected robber has been conveyed to the Police Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy with efforts underway to arrest those on the run for interrogation.

Watch the featured video above for more.

The deceased, Daniel Omari Aboagye, was being held by the police for allegedly defrauding by false pretence.

Police confirmation

The Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia Tenge, confirmed the incident and said Aboagye died around 1:30 a.m. yesterday.

She said Aboagye, who was arrested last Monday, reported sick a few hours after he was brought to the police station.

At 10:30 p.m., Mrs Tenge said, Aboagye was taken to the Police Hospital where he was treated, discharged and sent back to the cell.

However, inmates in the police cell drew the attention of the police personnel on duty to Aboagye’s motionless body and indicated that he was not responding to their calls.

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The police went into the cell to render aid but found Aboagye unresponsive. Meanwhile, when his body was inspected there were no marks of assault found.

His body was thus removed from the police cell and conveyed to the Police Hospital where Aboagye was declared dead.

Aboagye’s corpse has since been deposited in the morgue of the same hospital.

COP Oduro believes his role in the case should have made the police pay special attention to his health, considering his role in the case.

“Considering how the death was stated, I think the right channels have not been given. They said he fell unconscious while in custody; what time did he fall unconscious? All these matters must be investigated,” he said.

Speaking in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM, he said a lot of answers must be provided to help fully understand and resolve the issue.

“He could have died of natural causes, from illness. In fact, we should investigate whether special attention was given to him when he was in custody,” he urged.

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COP Oduro’s comments come after the police confirmed that James Nana Wamba, the lead suspect in the murder of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh had died.

Mr Womba is reported to have passed on Saturday, October 17, 2020, after he was admitted at the Police Hospital for treatment.

Though the police indicated he was on oxygen, the cause of death is yet to be known.

Mr Orji was arrested at Aflao as a witness and accomplice to the main suspect, Sam Udoetuk Wills.

He said this when he appeared in court on Thursday, adding that electric shockers, sticks, wires and pliers were used to make him confess.

He maintained he was innocent before the Takoradi Market Circle Magistrate court, presided by His Worship Michael Ampadu.

“I am a tobacco salesman in Nigeria and was lured through a social media friend who hacked my account to get me arrested in connection with the mentioned suspected witness John.

“After debating and struggling with the Police upon my arrest, they told me three Ghanaian girls have been missing, which I replied, I know nothing about,” he narrated.

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He claimed when suspect Wills was asked if he was the John mentioned, he said no, but the Police insisted he mentioned me as the John.

“I have been totally traumatised for 366 days, though the suspect didn’t mention me as the John,” he cried.

He pleaded with the court to allow him to see his pregnant wife.

The case has since been adjourned to July 14, 2020, after the Magistrate asked the State to arrange to get Mr Wills a lawyer and check if it would be possible for him to see his pregnant wife.

Wife of Senior Police Officer, ACP Dr. Benjamin Agordzor arrested over his alleged involvement in a coup plot says she suspects some politicians to be behind her husband’s arrest.

Patience Agordzor stated that, her husband’s reputation is being dragged in the mud because of his early rise to fame and outspoken nature in the police service.

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“I think somebody is trying very hard to destroy his fame. He veered into something that no one has ever done in this country by speaking the truth and calling a spade a spade, and so people think that he is in a way bringing something new into the service” she said.

She however ruled out the possibility of involvement of senior police officers in the scheme to ruin her husband.

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“I don’t believe police officers are involved, I think a politician is behind this, someone thinks that this man is an opposition member, but that is not true. He is someone who goes straight to the point and speaks the truth” she said.

Speaking on Adom FM’s morning show “Dwaso Nsem” on Wednesday, a devastated Mrs Agordzo is optimistic that, God will vindicate her husband from all allegations leveled against him.

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ACP Agordzor has been charged with abetment to commit treason for his alleged involvement in the coup plot and has been held in the custody of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) since Monday November 4, 2019.

ACP Agordzo is set to face the court on Wednesday on the charges brought against him by the state.

Source: Adomonline.com | Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy

According to Citi News sources, the suspect was brought to Ghana yesterday [Wednesday] by some Nigerian Security operatives.

The suspect was arrested in August by Nigerian security services and their Ghanaian counterparts triggered repatriation processes.

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It however delayed because the suspect Chika Innoidim John was been investigated by Nigerian police on other alleged offences.

Before his arrest, the Ghanaian police had two suspects in custody for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of four girls in Takoradi who have since been confirmed dead by police.

The main suspect, Samuel Wills is currently serving an 18-month jail sentence for escaping from police custody while other charges are still pending. His alleged accomplice, John Orji, is also on remand.

Human remains belonging to the missing girls were found in a sewage system near his home.

The Acting Inspector General of Police, James Oppong Boanuh in a press conference announced that the DNA test on the human parts found matched the girls’ remains.

The victims, Priscilla Bentum, Ryth Love Quayson, Priscilla Mantebea Kuranchie and Ruth Abakah were kidnapped in Takoradi in the Western Region between July and December 2018.

Meanwhile, some family members have rejected the results calling for an independent probe into the case. Some have even called for the resignation of the CID boss COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah for making contradictory statements about the kidnapping case.

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The two suspects, identified as Mustapha Mumuni, aged 20, and Ali Bukari, 20, were arrested around 4:00 pm on Wednesday.

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According to the District Police Commander, Degraft Adjei, they were arrested after a hot chase by the patrol team when the suspects tried to escape on a motorbike with registration number M-19-UW-5099.

 “Five mobile phones and GH¢939.00 were retrieved from them after which a search in their homes at Tuna and Gindabour was done,” he said.

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In suspect Bukari’s home, a jack knife, dagger, metal, two pairs of motorbike mirrors, two mobile phones and two covers, an ear piece and a metal whip were found. However, nothing was found in suspect Mustapha’s home.

The suspects are currently in police custody with investigations ongoing.

Source: Adomonline.com

Mohammed Sadat aka Alhaji was transferred to Kumasi on Tuesday under the watch of armed police team that has been dispatched to Burkina Faso.

A statement signed by the Regional Police PRO, ASP Godwin Ahianyo said the suspect was arrested through the collaboration of police in Ashanti and Upper East regions as well as the Ghana Embassy in neighbouring Burkina Faso.

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“Sadat is in custody assisting in investigations. He had fled to neighbouring Burkina Faso to settle with family but luck, however, eluded him and was arrested,” the statement said.

The body of Nana Afuduo, 47, a close relative of Asantehene who until his enstoolment was the chief driver of the Asantehene was found in the back seat of his Toyota Land Cruiser last month.

Police say his assailants also set his vehicle on fire to cover up traces of the murder. It took the intervention of members of a church who were returning from a prayer meeting to douse the fire in the vehicle.

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The murdered sub-chief was last seen at the Odeneho Kwadaso residence of Alhaji and later travelled in a convoy until his body was found on the Ejura-Nkoranza Highway.

Alhaji’s arrest brings to five the number of suspects arrested in connection with the gruesome murder of the late close relative of Asantehene.

Three people, linguist, close-confidant and a friend were arrested and granted bail less than 24-hours of Nana Afoduo’s murder.

Also in police custody is the wife of the spiritualist, Nana Yaa Asantewaa Bonsu. The queen mother of Pakyi Number 1 in the Ashanti region is the mother couple’s two children.

She is said to be assisting the police in their investigations.

Source: Ghana I Nhyira FM I Ohemeng Tawiah I ohemengtawiah@gmail.com

According to them, being law-abiding and handing him over to the police for prosecution is a wrong move they shouldn’t have done, considering how abysmally the police has handled the matter several months after.

The suspected kidnapper Samuel Udotek Wills who was arrested by the Police in the Western Region to assist in investigations into the mysterious kidnapping of the young girls in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis escaped from Police cells on Monday 31st December 2018.

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He was arrested in an uncompleted building at Kansaworado, a suburb of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. He was handed over to the Police and was being held at the Takoradi Central Police cell but mysteriously disappeared from the cell days later.

After the suspect was re-arrested he told the court he was allegedly helped by a CID officer named Ametepe to escape. That officer has since been transferred with no investigation done into the claim.

Following the discovery of human remains from a septic tank in a house previously occupied by the suspect, the CID has requested that families of the three kidnapped girls avail themselves for DNA samples to be taken to establish the identities of the human parts.

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But the Spokesperson for the three concerned families, Michael Grant-Hayford told Akwasi Nsiah on Kasapa News that they regret dearly for not beating the suspect to death to end the matter which has since lingered on till now several months after the suspect’s arrest.

“The first mistake we did was we deciding to hand over the suspect to the police, we should have rather beat him to death. We thought we did the right thing by handing him over to the police but they allowed him to escape from their custody when he was detained in the cell.”

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“After the suspect escaped we ourselves searched for him and found him and informed the Police to effect his arrest. If we knew the police will let him off in the first instance we would have killed him and end the matter. Now see, more than six months after the suspect was re-arrested we’re nowhere near the conclusion of this matter. We really regret handing him over to the Police.”

Source: Kasapafm

The suspect, identified as Chika, is alleged to have played a key role in the whole crime and arrived in Koforidua on July 29, 2019.

Information had it that he left for Takoradi three hours after he arrived in Ghana to monitor court proceedings of the trial of suspects at the last sitting but has since been arrested by the police.

According to police sources, he was the one assigned to monitor and reports events to their ‘masters’ in Nigeria and appeared very slippery.

This brings to three the number of suspects arrested in connection with the crime after suspects Samuel Udoetuk Mills and John Oji.

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During his appearance in courtTuesday, Safianu Abubakari denied being part of the gang and explained that he was arrested because he took a picture with Yusif Yakubu, one of the accused persons.

“I was arrested because the police saw my picture with Yusif on Facebook, he told the court.

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The prosecutor, Ms Hilda Craig, Senior State Attorney, had earlier told the court that Safianu was a close pal of Yakubu.

She explained that although the police had granted him bail, he was re-arrested after investigations showed that he knew more than he had told the police.

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Remand

Another suspect- Abdul Rahman Suleiman, the owner of the car that was allegedly used for the kidnapping was also put before the court today.

The two have been charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping.

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The court, presided over by Justice George Buadi, remanded the two into the custody of Bureau of National Investigations (BNI), following a plea by the prosecutor that investigations were still ongoing.

Source: Daily Graphic

The Police has so far managed to arrest one suspect, identified as Samuel Wilson Udoterg, but have not been able to extract much from him.

Speaking on Joy News, DCOP Dedzo said the Police had tried all they could but the suspect has simply refused to talk.

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Below is a timeline recollection of the kidnappings that have rocked Sekondi-Takoradi.

1. August 15, 2018 

The first incident happened on Wednesday, August 15, when a 16-year-old senior high school student was kidnapped about a hundred meters from her house at New Site in Takoradi.

The girl who was abandoned the next day close to her house has been rendered dumb, possibly traumatized by her ordeal.

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2. August 17, 2018 

A 21-year-old lady was also kidnapped at Nkroful junction, also in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis.

Her father said his daughter called him that day, August 17, 2018, sounding very agitated and screaming “dad” repeatedly, after which the line dropped and the phone was put off.

The kidnappers later got in touch with a ransom demand.

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3. November 14, 2018 

The kidnapping attempt this time was foiled. A teacher of the Donewell Methodist Academy in Effiekuma, Florence Ekua Egyir, recounting the incident said the attempt was made on girls aged 3 between 8.

Egyir said they were on their way to school in the company of their 11-year-old sister, on Wednesday, November 14 when the unidentified woman hatched, albeit failed attempt, to kidnap them.

4. December 4, 2018 

A group of unidentified men who posed as workers of mobile telecom giant, MTN Ghana, kidnapped an 18-year-old lady in Takoradi.

The men were said to have advertised a supposed job opening at MTN Ghana in a WhatsApp group and encouraged interested persons to call a contact provided in the advertisement to apply for the job.

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5. December 21, 2018 

Priscilla Mantebea Koranchie, a 15-year-old girl was believed to be one of the people to have been kidnapped in Sekondi-Takoradi.

The victim, a first-year student of Sekondi College in the Western Region, was said to have disappeared on December 21. She has not been found and her parents have launched a search party.

The Food and Drugs Authority has arrested one person suspected to be selling supposed breast-enhancing substances in Kumasi.

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While visiting some of the shops, he noted that some sellers denied carrying the product on suspicions that he was a man.

While the business is booming, though, health officials warn of hazards – some of which could include cancer.

The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer has risen exponentially.

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Head of FDA in Ashanti Region, Nora NarkieTerlabi told Adom News the unnamed suspect is assisting police to trace importers and distributors of the products.

She said a joint exercise with police led to the arrest.

Mrs Terlabi revealed some products said to be to enlarge butts and other parts of the body were retrieved from the suspect.

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“Immediately we heard about this breast enhancing creams we decided to storm the towns and investigate the issue only to find one person selling some of these creams. That person was arrested and is leading us to other suspects,” she said.

She said says teenagers need to be aware of the danger they are exposed to.

The incident occurred on Thursday morning but police have failed to respond to calls for clarification.

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The victim, identified only as Rasheed, according to an eyewitness, rushed into the compound of one of his neighbours on Thursday, with blood dripping down his back.

A neighbour, Mama Gee, told Adom News that after she confronted the shooter, he explained Rasheed was an armed robber.

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She gave the following narration in Twi:

“We were preparing food in the morning around 9:00 O’clock when we heard what sounded like a firecracker. But my sister, whom I was cooking with, said it was a gunshot.

“So I said if it is a gunshot then they will shot again. Then we saw Rasheed running into our house with blood all over his body. He was naked. Rasheed told us he has been shot because they said he was [armed-robber]. So I approached the man [shooter], he was not in full uniform he was wearing the blue-black police trousers and police boots with a white shirt…The man shot him again but the boy run. Everyone got scared but I confronted him asked him why he was doing that but he told me I cannot teach him how to do his job.”

The convict, Samuel Ato alias Kofi Obeng, was slapped with the jail term after the court found him guilty of two counts of robbery.

He was, however, acquitted and discharged on another three counts of robbery because the victims and complainants failed to show up at the court to give their evidence.

Ato benefited from the JFAP in 2015 after two years on remand without trial in connection with a robbery case, but found himself on the wrong side of the law when he led a gang of three to rob some residents of Kwashieman in Accra in the same year he was released.

He was arrested when he attempted to sell some of the stolen items from the robbery operation to one of the victims at Tip Toe Lane, near the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange in Accra.

During the trial, Ato denied being part of the robbery gang and insisted that he bought the items which he tried to sell to the shop owner.

But the presiding judge, Mr Aboagye Tandoh, in convicting him, stated that Ato failed to lead the police to the said seller of the items.

“I find it as a fact that the accused person was part of the people that robbed the complainants,’’ he said.

The court was also of the view that the prosecution proved that Ato tried to bribe the police officers, who arrested him, with GH¢8,000 to drop the case.

In sentencing the convict, Mr Tandoh explained that he took into consideration the fact that Ato had been in custody for almost two years and the fact that the items stolen had been given back to the victims.

The facts as presented by the prosecutor, Chief Inspector Kwabena Adu, were that on May 31, 2015, about 1a.m, Ato and two others, who are now at large, went on a robbery spree at a compound house in Kwashieman.

The gang armed with a double-barrelled gun entered the house and started robbing from room to room.

Selling items to victim

Chief Inspector Adu said a few days after the robbery, one of the victims was at his shop at Tip Toe Lane when Ato came and offered to sell him a Pineng back-up power, which he (Ato) stole from him.

“When the victim got closer to Ato, he noticed that Ato was wearing his Nike Airmax sneakers and his Tommy Hilfiger wrist watch which were stolen during the robbery. With the assistance of other people, Ato was arrested and handed over to the police,’’ the prosecutor said.

Details are sketchy but JOYNEWS sources within the police confirm the arrest.

The suspect known as Daddy, was arrested at his hideout Diaso near Denkyira Boase in the Central region.

There are currently 45 males and eight females who are standing trial over the tragic incident. They include a nursing mother whose child has been given to a police officer to be catered for.

The suspects are on remand pending the conclusion of investigations, Spokesperson of Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), ASP Olivia Turkson has said.

But after the callous lynching last month, many parents and guardians fled the town for fear of reprisals. Children were left alone without care.

Other children in the town also witnessed the lynching as adults perpetrated the act.

In fact, one child a 12 year old boy, was seen participating in the lynching, leading to his arrest.

These occurrences, according to NGO Childs Right International, have the tendency of affecting the psychology of the children involved.

CEO Bright Appiah says the best solution is for the state to rehabilitate and reintegrate the children to prevent them from experiencing permanent trauma.

Police say the man, Kwame Tufour, used a cement block to hit the army officer, resulting in his death.

The man is said to have run away after the act, but residents of the town tipped the police off to his location.

The police caught him with one Kwame Adjei, 40, who is believed to have participated in the killing of the captain.

During interrogation, he told the police that when he arrived at the scene, Captain Mahama had already been killed and that he used a block to hit the captain’s dead body.

The captain had been spotted carrying a pistol by some women he had bought snails from and the women who, police say, assumed he was a robber, called the assembly man and reported that they had seen.

Police say the assembly man, without finding out if the information was correct, quickly rallied members of the town to attack and kill the captain.

The late army officer will be buried on Friday, June 9.

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The suspect, Charles Buah, 30, who was arrested as he was seeking refuge in his girlfriend’s house at Dominase, explained to the Kasoa Divisional Police Command that he was on the run due to heavy military presence in the area.

The girlfriend is said to have revealed to a friend that, her boyfriend was seeking refuge in her room after fleeing Denkyira-Obuasi where the lynching took place.

The two ladies later informed the police who smoked the suspect out around 1 am on Friday.

ACP Dennis Abade, the Kasoa Divisional Police Commander, confirmed to Ekourba Gyasi on Atinka AM Drive that the suspect was indeed arrested in his girlfriend’s room following a tipoff.

The suspect, Charle Buah, according to the Commander, ASP David Osei Fofie  was hiding in his girlfriend’s room when he was picked up.

The lady is said to have alerted a friend about the presence of the suspect in her room leading to his arrest.

“At 1 am this dawn, we had information that one person is in Dominase and suspected to be part of the killing and so we deployed our men there and realized he was hiding at his girlfriend’s place.

“The suspect was hiding at his girlfriend’s home but luck eluded him when his girlfriend reported him and was subsequently arrested by the police” he said.

Upon his arrest, ASP David Osei Fofie said the suspect denied the act but later confessed.

ASP David Osei Fofie said the suspect is being sent to the Kasoa Divisional Police for interrogation.

Ghana was thrown into a state of despair on Monday, May 29, 2017, when the news of the lynching of a military officer detailed at Denkyira-Obuasi in the Central Region broke.

Captain Maxwell Mahama of the 5th Infantry Battalion was heading a military detachment to the area to fight illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey.

So far, fourteen people are being held over the incident while seven of them have been charged and remanded into Police custody.

Listen to the police:

It was widely reported that Captain Mahama was armed, whilst on his morning jog.

Revealing this bit of information after a press briefing in Cape Coast on Wednesday, the Central Regional Minister, Kwamena Duncan, said the wounded suspect was left in Diaso for medical attention under the watch of security personnel.

He told Citi News that “the information I have is that, this person, I am sure even knew the officer and came around with a motorbike. The reasonable thing for him to do was to whisk him away since he knew he [Captain Mahama] was a military officer.

Unfortunately, he also attempted to disarm the military officer and in the process, I am sure there was the accidental firing of a shot and that is what happened.” Mr. Duncan, during the briefing, noted that the suspect “was affected by a gunshot. He had a gunshot wound.

In order that that would not become a problem for the commander, he decided that some medical attention is given to him [the suspect] and when he is in a good state, he will be transported here to Cape Coast.”

On the course of the investigations so far, Mr. Duncan assured that Central Regional Police Command was up to the task of finding the murders of Captain Mahama. “We have made progress and we can assure the entire country that so far, by the leadership provided by the Regional Commander and his men, I have no doubt in our minds that they will get to the bottom of this matter.”

“We wish also to tell the entire country that this is a matter that will not in any way be covered up and we dare not.

The police have promised that they go through the full investigation process to establish a serious and a clear case against those who were involved in this.”

The other four suspects are being held at the Bakaano Police station, and the Mr. Duncan said they may be arraigned “by the end of today [Wednesday] or tomorrow [Thursday].”

The accused Agbo is alleged to have robbed one Stephen Kodjo Ofori and his girlfriend, at Tema Steel Works, of a Nokia, Samsung, and M-horse smart phones worth Ghc70, Ghc130 and Ghc 300 respectively.

The accused and his accomplice, Micheal Agbavi who is at large, are reported to have carried out the attack on April 17, 2017.

But before Rashid could be brought from the holding cell into the court room he had eased himself and smeared the toilet on himself.

Proceedings were halted for about two (2) hours forcing the Judge to abandon the court room while the prosecutor and other officers to put the situation under control.

The case was later recalled as trial judge, Gabriel Mate-Teye continued with proceedings.

The court has since remanded Agbo into police custody and adjourned the case to May 4, 2017, to allow the police pursue and arrest Rashid’s accomplice.

This was after the victim Evelyn Boakye gave her testimony in court and it was accepted by prosecutor, Chief Inspector Hanson.

The judge also ordered Chaaban, who has pleaded not guilty, to report twice a week – Tuesdays and Fridays – to the police.

Jihad is facing trail for thrusting the face of the caterer into blended pepper.

Lawyers for Jihad who has pleaded not guilty to the charge argued after Evelyn Boakye had given her testimony thus the accused was entitled to bail since investigation has concluded.

Lawyer for the accused Julio De Medeiros who made the request was excited by the decision of the court.

He added that, they are going to prepare adequately to cross-examine Ms. Boakye who is the victim of the case.

Meanwhile, Human Rights activist Francis Xavier Sosu who today joined the prosecution    indicated that they were considering initiating civil action against Marwako Restaurant.

“It is a violation of her right and personnel dignity and on the instruction of the victim, they will seek civil action” he stated.

According to him he was lured by his in-law, whose name he gave as Kwame, to the Accra Regional Police Command where he was arrested for killing the former legislator.

Asiedu made the statement at the start of his committal proceedings at the Accra District Court on Wednesday morning.

Facts

Asiedu was arrested on Thursday, February 11, 2016, in a special operation led by the Accra Regional Police Commander, Commissioner of Police (COP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare.

He allegedly confessed that he stabbed the MP to death.

Upon his arrest, three mobile phones, two of which were believed to belong to the late MP, were retrieved from the suspect.

The facts of the case, as presented by the prosecution, were that the MP, Mr Danquah-Adu, lived with his family in a one-storey house at Shiashie, near East Legon, in Accra, while Asiedu and Bosso lived at Agbogbloshie, also in Accra.

About 11:40 p.m. on February 8, 2016, the MP arrived home and went to bed in a room located on the first floor of his house.

About 1 a.m. that same night, Asiedu and Bosso, armed with a catapult, a cutter and a sharp knife, went to the legislator’s house.

Bosso is said to have assisted Asiedu to enter the house by scaling the wall on the blind side of a security man who was fast asleep. On entering the house, Asiedu climbed onto a porch on the top floor with a ladder and entered the MP’s bedroom through a window.

While Asiedu was searching the room, the MP woke up and held him. There ensued a struggle, during which Asiedu stabbed the MP in the right chest above the breast. The MP consequently held the knife, and Asiedu pulled it through the MP’s hand, making a deep cut in his palm.

The legislator, who bled profusely, fell by his bed, after which Asiedu stabbed him several times on his right chest and neck.

On realising that the MP was dying, Asiedu left the room and took with him three iPhones.

Meanwhile, the struggle between the MP and Asiedu had drawn the attention of the security man in the house, who alerted other security men in the neighbourhood.

Having realised the impending danger, Bosso took to his heels, leaving Asiedu behind. However, Asiedu managed to descend from the top of the house and jumped over the electric fencing on the walls of the house into an adjoining house and escaped.

source: Graphic.com