Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of the District Chief Executive (DCE) of Nkwanta South in the Volta Region, Peter Kojo Penyeso.
The eight are currently in Police custody and are being interrogated.
The DCE, Peter Kojo Penyeso was gunned down Monday evening by some unknown assailants at his residence.
According to Citi News’ Volta Regional correspondent, Macintosh Gratham, “the Police suspect an ethnic dispute and these eight people are from one tribe fighting over the land of Nkwanta. The suspected murderers believe they are the owners of the land and the DCE was meddling in that issue.”
[contextly_sidebar id=”e0MdERTeo8sZepPIoHMrTTHOF4gsGlm0″]He said the eight wrote a petition to the Regional Minister a few weeks ago, “calling on the President to remove the DCE from office because he was meddling in land issues.”
Gratham reports that the eight “were seen yesterday evening, around 4 pm, holding a meeting at a private home shortly before the murder.”
“The Police suspect that they are part of the syndicate that murdered the DCE,” he added.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up in the area, following an appeal by the Member of Parliament in the area Gershon Kofi Gbediameh.
“ Currently, there is a massive police presence. Armoured vehicles have arrived and security is beefed in the region to forestall any reprisal attacks,” Gratham stated.
In a related development, Police in the region have revealed that their preliminary investigations show that the DCE was assassinated.
By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana