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The Ghana police Service have released yet another statement concerning the gruesome murder of the late soldier who was murdered by some thugs in Ashaiman. The police upon launching intensive investigations in to the murder have arrested six suspects that may be in connection the the death of the slain soldier Sherif Imoro.
READ THE NEWLY RELEASED STATEMENT BELOW;
GHANA POLICE SERVICE STATEMENT ON THE MURDER OF A SOLDIER, IMORO SHERRIF
1 The Ghana Police Service, after a week of sustained intelligence-led operation, has arrested
six persons at different dates and various locations within Ashaiman and its environs for
their suspected involvement in the murder of Imoro Sherrif, a soldier.
2.On 4th March 2023, Police received information that a male adult had been found lying
dead at Ashaiman Taifa in the Greater Accra Region.
3.A team of Police officers proceeded to the said location and confirmed the incident.
4.Police immediately commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death
of the victim. The officers cordoned off the scene and called in the specialist Police Crime
Scene team to process the scene for forensic analysis.
5.The Crime Scene team retrieved a number of items, including a knife with blood stains on
it and a backpack. In the backpack, Police found one (1) Samsung tablet, one (1) Apple
laptop, one (1) military uniform with the name tag "Imoro," eight (8) other items of clothing, as well as a Ghana card and a Health Insurance card bearing the name Imoro Sherrif.
6.Judging from the contents of the backpack, the Police suspected the victim could be a
soldier, and in line with Police standard operating procedure for handling institution-based
victims, the Military was accordingly notified of the incident and some military personnel
came to identify the deceased to Police as Imoro Sheriff, a soldier.
7.The body of the deceased was thereafter conveyed to a hospital for preservation and
autopsy.
8.As part of the investigation, an intelligence operation was immediately launched within
Ashaiman and other strategic locations of interest to follow up on all relevant leads on the
case.
9.On the same day, consistent with Ghanaian tradition and as part of the investigation
process, a team of Police officers, after identifying the residence of the parents of the
deceased, visited them, commiserated with them and assured them of a thorough
investigation into the matter.
10. During the visit, the parents informed the Police that the deceased was stationed at
Sunyani but had come to Accra on a course.
11. Investigations further revealed that on 3rd March 2023, the deceased had visited a female
friend at Ashaiman Newtown at about 10:30 pm and left the place in the middle of the
night at about 01:30 am, on the 4th March 2023.
12. After almost a week of painstaking intelligence-led operations, on 9th March 2023, the
Police arrested suspects Safianu Mush alias Dayorgu and Ibrahim Abdul Rakib at their
hideouts in Ashaiman. Two other suspects, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper and Abubakar Sadick
alias Birman were also arrested at their hideouts on 10th March 2023. Two additional suspects, Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim were arrested on 11th and 12th March 2023, respectively.
13. Further investigation has established that suspects Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick at
about 1:45 am on 4th March 2023, attacked the deceased at Taifa Ashaiman in an attempt
to rob him of his phone and a backpack. The deceased, however, resisted and struggled
with the suspects. During the struggle, suspect Samuel Tetteh pulled out a knife and
stabbed the deceased in the arm, snatched his phone and bolted leaving the deceased with
the knife stuck in his arm.
14. A postmortem examination was performed on the deceased's body on 8th March 2023,
after which the pathologist gave the verbal cause of death as exsanguination and
laceration of major vessels of the left arm consistent with the stabbed injury.
15. Investigations also revealed that suspects Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick sold the
phone which they had robbed from the deceased to suspect Ibrahim Abdul Rakib who later
sold it to suspect Safianu Musah. Suspect Safianu Mush is being evasive as to the
whereabouts of the phone and claims to have sold it to suspect Yussif Mohammed and
later to suspect Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim. Both suspects have been arrested and are
assisting the investigation to recover the phone.
16. On 12th March 2023, a team of Police officers led by the Tema Regional Police Commander
visited the family of the deceased and briefed them on the investigations done so far.
17. We wish to commend all Police officers at all levels of Command, especially the crack Police
intelligence and investigation teams as well as the Ashaiman District Police Command for
their professionalism and meticulous dedication, working around the clock to unravel this
case.
18. We would like to assure the public, especially the family of the deceased, that all the
suspects are in Police custody and will be put before the court on Monday, 13th March 2023, to face justice.
GRACE ANSAH-AKROFI
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
DIRECTOR, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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