Crime
Police arrest 46 additional people in connection with attacks at Kwahu Bepong
The Ghana Police Service (GPS) has detained forty-six additional people in connection with the attacks on the Bepong Chiefs Palace and several police personnel in Kwahu Bepong, Eastern Region.
The Police Service has already detained 25 people in connection with the incident.
The arrests raise the total number of suspects detained thus far to seventy-one (71).
On February 4, 2024, the suspects and others on the run stormed the Bepong Chiefs Palace, injuring seven individuals, including five police officers.
In a statement, the police announced that security, law, and order had been restored in the Bepong township and that all culprits would face punishment in court.
According to the police, 40 of the individuals who have so far been identified as having played various roles in the assaults and are related to existing evidence have been held to aid in the investigation.
Two persons were killed after reportedly being struck by stray gunfire fired by police during the melee to disperse the savage crowd.
According to reports, the incident occurred inside the chief’s palace, when police were attempting to rescue an alleged suspect suspected of murdering two persons in Adwumasu, a rural hamlet in the Kwahu South Municipality.
According to reports, the suspect, 23-year-old Kwasi Tenkorang, is an ex-convict who raped and killed Akua Kyerewaa, 45.
Kwasi Antwi, the victim’s 65-year-old brother who attempted to save his sister during the incident, was also hit in the head with a metal rod and died instantly.
An eyewitness named Frederick, who was on his way to the farm, nearly averted death after witnessing the incident and being pursued by the suspect.
The culprit, who had been on the run since the event, was apprehended on Sunday, February 4th, and transported to the chief’s palace.
Members of the community who learnt of the detention stormed the palace, demanding his immediate release and immediate justice, but the police intervened.
When the police stopped them from lynching the culprit, they assaulted them, flinging stones and other objects.
Crime
Police officer nabbed for suspected shooting incident in Ashanti Region
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has apprehended a police officer who is alleged to have been engaged in a fatal shooting.
The incident occurred on April 4, 2024, at Manso Adubia, Ashanti Region.
“The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has detained a police officer for an alleged fatal shooting incident that occurred today, April 4th, 2024, at Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region,” the Ghana Police Service stated on social media.
In reaction to the tragedy, the Inspector-General of Police has met with the deceased’s wife and family to offer condolences and assistance at this difficult time.
A high-level police mission has also been dispatched to meet with the impacted families and communities.
Authorities have informed the public that a comprehensive investigation is underway to determine the facts behind the incident.
See the post below.
POLICE OFFICER DETAINED FOR ALLEGED SHOOTING INCIDENT
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has detained a Police Officer for an alleged fatal shooting incident which occurred today 4th April 2024, at Manso Adubia in the Ashanti Region. pic.twitter.com/sa512TWQew
Crime
Kasoa missing manhood: Court remands another trader over false alarm
A District Court in Awutu Breku, Central Region, has remanded a 20-year-old businessman who reportedly falsely claimed that his penis had gone.
Osman Mohammed has been accused of publishing fake news and deceiving a public authority.
Mohammed and his accomplices, Abdulah and Tamim, who are still at large, have been charged jointly with conspiracy to commit a crime, assault, inflicting harm to the complainant, Abdulai Abdul Rahaman Ibrahim, and stealing 100,000 Naira.
The court presided over by Naomi Kontuor did not take Mohammed’s plea.
He is slated to return on April 11, 2024.
The prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Thomas Sarfo and Sergeant Ernest Theodore Osei informed the court that the complainant was a Nigerian from Kogi State.
It informed the court that the Central East Command Police had received multiple instances of persons losing their masculinity, which resulted in the attack of innocent individuals.
The prosecution said that on March 25, 2024, the complainant travelled to Kasoa to pay a visit to a cousin and do phone business, but he did not see the relative and became stuck.
On March 27, 2024, at around 1330 hours, the complainant decided to return to Nigeria, and while on his way to the station, he encountered the accused individuals at a location within the Kpormittey village in Kasoa, and approached them to inquire about his brother.
According to the prosecution, Mohmmed raised an alarm and informed others that the complainant had touched his body, causing his penis to disappear.
According to the prosecution, the accused and others arrested him and beat him severely.
According to the prosecution, police intervened and rescued the complainant, who had assault marks.
The prosecutor stated that throughout the inquiry, the plaintiff alleged that his assailants stole 100,000 Naira from his luggage.
The police gave medical paperwork to the complainant and Mohammed, who went to Kasoa Polyclinic for treatment and assessment.
The prosecution stated that the complainant was treated and dismissed.
In Mohammed’s case, the prosecution claimed that a team of medical professionals lead by Dr. Boampong Ebenezer affirmed Mohammed’s penis was “stable” in a report.
Crime
Ghanaian couple convicted for fatally beating their 5-year-old son in New York
A Ghanaian couple living in the United States has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of their five-year-old boy on Long Island, nearly three years after the horrific incident occurred.
Valerie Owusu and Emmanuel Addae were convicted of viciously assaulting the youngster with “at least four different instruments” over three days in 2021, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office.
The prosecutors showed that neither Owusu, the biological mother, nor Addae phoned 911 or sought medical attention as the boy’s condition deteriorated.
Instead, they took him to a family member’s home, where he was subsequently found dead.
“This little boy endured days of abuse at the hands of these defendants, one of whom was his own mother, until tragically succumbing to his severe injuries,” remarked the District Attorney in a news statement.
“Thanks to the diligent investigation by the Suffolk County Police Department and the dedicated efforts of the prosecutors, justice has been served in holding the defendants accountable for this heinous crime.”
The Ghanaian couple is scheduled to be sentenced on May 1, 2024, and faces the prospect of life imprisonment.
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