{"id":91883,"date":"2015-02-16T13:54:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T13:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=91883"},"modified":"2015-02-16T13:59:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T13:59:15","slug":"police-officers-suspected-killers-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=91883","title":{"rendered":"Police officer’s suspected ‘killers’ arrested\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Police have arrested five persons allegedly involved in the killing of a Police constable<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>during a shoot out\u00a0on\u00a0January 7.<\/p>\n

Constable Prince Akatah, 31 was shot dead by over 10 armed robbers who were accosted by the Police while on a robbery spree at Weija, near the West Hills Mall in Accra.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”SUzSDWJv3ZGCI3Nckxxgvso4x5qj8zWo”]Addressing the media, the Greater Accra Regional Police commander Deputy Commissioner of Police Christian Tetteh Yohuno added that the suspects were arrested in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region upon a tip off.<\/p>\n

The suspects are Kwadwo Effah, 28; Isaac Ofosu, 24; Yaw Asiedu, 25; Dennis Ofori, 20; and Kofi Adu, 31.<\/p>\n

According to DCOP Tetteh Yohuno, the leader of the gang Nathaniel Adu and two other accomplices are on the run.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same modus operandi that was used to perpetuate their evil intentions in Accra were used in Kumasi. The gang as a result of that, hired a bigger Kia truck all the way from Tema to Kumasi to facilitate their operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The arrest, he said, was as a result of a collaboration between the Accra and Ashanti Regional Commands adding that \u201cthe five are currently in Police custody assisting Police in investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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