The suspect has been identified as Kofi Seshie, aged 28.

[contextly_sidebar id=”8PJl3IoglSXSuLjPawMquIPslMjhcJw2″]Seshie was arrested along with four other suspects in the early hours of Saturday at Kasoa, according to a statement from the police.

The statement said these latest arrests bring the number of people detained following the incident to 11 after six suspects were arrested during the week.

Armed assailants broke into the Kwabenya Police station last Sunday and set the inmates who were in custody free after shooting the officer.

The now deceased Police officer sustained gunshot wounds and died whilst receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.

Three of the 11 persons have been confirmed to be re-arrested fugitives.

The police had announced a GHc15,000 bounty for any information leading to their arrest of the other four suspects who were freed from police custody by the robbers.

Find the full police statement below

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The suspects, Mawuli Adokokye, 28, Obed Wood, 37 and Jeffrey Tetteh, 38, are currently in the custody of the Kasoa Police, awaiting prosecution.

Speaking to journalists on Thursday after the arrest, the Kasoa Divisional Commander of Police, ACP Dennis Akob-Dem Abade, noted that, “On the 23rd of January this year [2018], information got to the police revealing that some people had weapons, and were looking for prospective buyers, and based upon this information, we put our intelligence team on the ground to find out where this is going on”.

He added that on Thursday, his intelligence team spotted Nyanyano as the area where the alleged weapon sellers were.

The team thus went to the place to find two men selling a foreign pistol to a prospective buyer, and they were arrested.

The Divisional Commander further revealed that, on arresting the two, they mentioned a third person as the one who gave them the pistol, and led the police to him, leading to his arrest.

Kasoa is arguably seen as the fastest growing urban areas in the West African sub-region, but residents have are often terrorized by armed robbers and arm-wielding land guards.

The violence in the area led to the launch of ‘Operation Hit Hard’ by the Central Regional Police Command in the last quarter of 2017.

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The act of generosity displayed by the law student on Boxing Day last week, was aimed at extending love and affection to the needy during the festive season.

“I was inspired to make this humble offer by my Mum who single-handedly brought my two sisters and me up. I want to honour her hard work and dedication to the education and upbringing of women, believing that this modest help would positively impact on the future of these young ones,” she said.

She explained that “Boxing Day, December 26, is my birthday, but I would rather the money expended on partying is spent on these less fortunate ones to give them a sense of belonging and affection during this festive season”.

Miss Okunor challenged public-spirited individuals and well-resourced companies to make the education and welfare of the less privileged a priority for a secured future for all.

The Manager of the orphanage, Madam Rosette, could not hide her appreciation for the gesture, saying it was a rare display coming from a youthful woman who sacrificed pleasures on her birthday and rather gave to the needy and vulnerable.

She said the Orphanage needed the assistance of all to enable managers deliver on their mandate of educating the less fortunate in society.

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According to him, the Police do not need any instructions from the President or the Ministry of Interior to tackle such issues head-on.

The phenomenon of land guards terrorizing residents has worsened in recent times in various areas on the outskirts of Accra, with Kasoa in the Central Region recording more cases.

Police must sit up

Dr. Aning, while speaking at the third event in the Accra Dialogue series on “The Scars of Vigilantism: a legal or political question?” at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration Law Faculty on Wednesday, said Ghana’s ballooning population and unplanned urban growth are a recipe for disaster in the area of security, hence the police must sit up.

[contextly_sidebar id=”9sAwzVtfaJVMDCHwa4F7A3x5EYbCxn81″]“You really don’t need the president to give instructions to the police to crack the whip when people are breaking the laws of the land. You don’t even need the Minister of Interior to charge the police to act this way because that’s what they are there for.  So I’m raising the question – what is holding them back? I don’t have the answer, the police must tell us,” he said.

Ringleader Red Moro

With regards to activities of land guards in Kasoa, Dr. Aning said he had information on the ringleader and has given the police the information but no action has yet been taken.

“…I’ve also challenged the police that in Kasoa, the main land guard boss is a man called Red Moro. Three weeks ago I challenged the IGP to send his men to Kasoa to come to my office so that Red Moro could be arrested. No one has contacted me,” he bemoaned.

Kasoa, 50 other crime hotspots to emerge by 2021 – Aning

“In 4 years’ time, there will be 50 Kasoas in this country. We don’t want to think about the demographics. In 2063, we will be 70 million in this country. It will lead to massive urbanization, unplanned urban spaces, and it will have an impact on law enforcement. We ought to have at least 60,000 police officers now, but we now have 33,000. We don’t have enough. Kasoa is representative of the demographic plus the urban challenge that this country is going to face. It is a transient town, nobody knows anyone, nobody owes anybody allegiance and therefore the murders that we are seeing will escalate by 31st December this year,” Dr. Aning added.

Nine land guards grabbed at Gomoa Fetteh

Nine persons suspected to be gun-wielding land guards were arrested last week at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region by the Anti-Land Guards squad from the Police National Headquarters who were deployed to the Kasoa area.

The team, led by Chief Inspector John Danso of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) of the Ghana Police, arrested the suspects at the palace of the Chief of Gomoa Fetteh.

Already, the Greater Accra Regional Police Command has arrested some 50 land guards, some of whom have been processed for court.

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In recent times, residents of Kasoa and its environs have complained about the frequent robbery attacks and called for increased protection from the police.

[contextly_sidebar id=”llBJdPIeKXuewjUt8D1LGbN9iCiwoaqu”]Speaking to journalists at the launch of ‘Operation Hit Hard’ as part of efforts to foil the attempts of armed robbers, the Central Regional Police commander, COP Rev Neenyi David Ampah Banin, assured residents of Kasoa that their safety is guaranteed.

“The Regional Police Command has noticed with concern the increasing crime rate in Kasoa and its environs and would like to assure residents and all stakeholders that measures are being put in place or measures are in place already to address the situation as Christmas is approaching. Therefore, today [Tuesday], we want to launch our “Operation Hit Had” or “2H” and we would sustain it well after even the Christmas” he said

“We want to assure the suspects; people who want to cause havoc on the peaceful, law-abiding citizens of Kasoa that they should standby because the police would be on their heels. As I’m talking right now, we have brought in new sets of police constables numbering about 39 to come and augment the strength of the Kasoa division and they will start operation now, immediately after the launch of the operation hit hard, which would be sustained well after the Christmas.”

He added that, “Senior Officers from all the divisions will all be deployed, no officer is going to rest. Officers from Cape Coast will also come and assist them.  So we want to assure the city of Kasoa that if they are crying, we have heard their cry. Kasoa is going to be peaceful. We are going to eliminate every single criminal from this society and everybody would love to come and live in Kasoa”.

Kasoa, Amanfrom residents live in fear

Robbers have constantly been terrorizing residents at Kasoa and surrounding areas including Amanfrom.

The residents have on numerous occasions blamed the police for not acting swiftly anytime they are under attack.

In a rather bizarre situation in August 2017, some residents after apprehending a suspected robber, burnt him after lynching him.

Speaking to Citi News on the development, the Kasoa Divisional Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Samuel Winful, condemned the act, adding that the police is investigating the incident, and would arrest those involved in lynching the suspect.

According to him, “Police cannot be everywhere 24 hours. People should be mindful of their own security. Any suspected movement around their vicinity, they should draw the attention of the Police; and if you inform the Police about a suspected behavior we will not expose you.”

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What happened to Captain Maxwell Mahama has given me flashbacks of what happened five years ago. I missed an encounter with my greatest fear only by a hair’s breadth.

That Thursday evening in 2012, I was almost lynched for being a thief- a phone thief at the main Kasoa lorry station.

So many questions raced through my mind that evening while I sat in the bus I boarded from the Kasoa station, brooding over what would have made the headlines to my family that fateful night.

It was around 8:00pm, and the neighborhood lights were out. I waited edgily for a bus after leaving my aunt’s residence. I heard a driver’s mate shout “Awoshie, Ablekuma! Awoshie, Ablekuma!!” Immediately, I headed in the direction and approached him to lead me to the bus.

In fact, I can’t recall how she suddenly appeared behind me; but just a few steps into the bus, I felt a tap behind me and there she stood- my little angel of death.

She looked six or seven, virtually in tatters, looking very dirty with a sniveling face, wiping off herself as if she had survived a stampede.
“Sister! Give me the phone you just took from me when I fell down running” she demanded in Akan.

For a moment, I thought she got the wrong person and so I ignored; as if I knew all about the plan to get me a beating that night.
I paused for a moment, turned and yelled at her to dismiss her claim. “Phone? Get lost before I spank you! Don’t ever think you can use one of those tricks on me, thief!” I scolded her in the common language and sat in the bus.

Before any of the passengers could apprehend what was really happening, this little girl had already jumped in the half-full bus with teary eyes demanding I give her the phone. I entered the bus with my bag containing a laptop, my Samsung Ch@t GT E2222, and some cash as well. And I was decently dressed.

The puzzled passengers looked on as they took a quick glance at the brat and decided to cross-examine me. Standing right in front of me, this petite fraudster claimed the supposed phone was given to her by her mother minutes before I picked it up from the ground where she fell.

“Sister, if you have taken the girl’s phone, just give it to her so she can go back home to her mother. The bus is almost full.” One woman advised.
I was left in a state of shock and confusion; fully aware what this could generate into if not handled properly. I would have suffered a heavy blow on my face before given any chance to speak – considering how my accuser grew more persistent. So I remained calm and explained the situation to the other passengers.

“I have no idea what she is talking about. This little girl is telling lies. Please do not believe her” I pleaded, while trying to maintain my composure so I don’t raise any more suspicions.

Like they say “no thief admits ever stealing.” I persisted and finally got the passengers on my side.
Apparently, that imaginary mother of hers are the fraudsters lurking somewhere in the station waiting to hear any accusing tantrums of a phone theft so they could descend on whoever is being accused. The plan is to train, send and take over when their little trainee succeeds.

I was bowled over, left in a state of disbelieve as the passengers kept questioning the girl about the type of phone and the number of the said phone in order to verify the authenticity of her accusation. Within minutes, she ran out of words and swiftly dashed out of the bus threatening to go and call her mother.

When I fully regained consciousness from all that was happening around me, I searched my bag to ensure nothing of that sort had been slipped into it or taken out by any magical means. Everything was still intact except my sanity.

I showed commuters my phone, and explained that this was clearly a scheme of engaging little children in the act of robbery. Only some bunch of geniuses and heartless people would be able to come out with such a clever scheme. Anyone would have believed such skilled lass especially around that time.

Several minutes after the charade, the bus eventually got full; yet there was no sign of this baby thief and her supposed mother. No one even saw where she went in the dark; and it became patent that she was on a mission.

“Their medicine didn’t work today; you are very lucky sister!” yelled a nosy bread seller as the bus moved out of the station.
Now imagine the number of innocent lives that are being chased out of this world each day?

First, he was an armed robber, then a galamseyer; finally we learn he is a prominent soldier, a captain, a father and a husband. So why lynch and burn him after making him suffer such painful death. Why?

Is the so-called mob justice the best solution to deal with culprits?
Would I have also been disgraced, molested and lynched just because I had allegedly stolen a phone? What would have been my punishment if I wasn’t bold enough to rebuke this supposed six-year old trained liar?

Only God knows whether I may live to share this story or I would have been dictating from a wheel chair after five years. Let’s just say I wasn’t destined to depart this way- in the hands of a provoked mob.
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The two men, posing as Lance Corporal Rydbeck Afrifa and AC II Prince Asante from the Burma Camp, both 27, and clad in military uniforms, were arrested on Saturday after assaulting and threatening their victims in a land dispute.

[contextly_sidebar id=”fzauQL8J3G8STc8kjNI0Z8wfzNOP8XNN”]According to the police at Gomoa Ojobi, the suspects committed the said offence in support of Madam Brakuaa, a resident of Gomoa Amonda, who is in a dispute with one Kow Agyiri over a piece of land.

The report states that the Agona Swedru High Court had earlier ruled over the dispute in favour of Kow Egyiri. The ruling incensed the children of Madam Brakuaa, including Rydbeck Afrifa, and their friend, Prince Asante, who resorted to the use of force to eject occupants of the land.

It further adds that the land at the centre of the controversy has been sold to different persons by one Nana Agyeman, an estate developer, who earlier bought it from Kow Egyiri.

The suspects first allegedly brutalised some occupants of the land on May 9 this year and followed it up with the beating up today of another occupant, Samuel Kwadwo Osei, leading to their arrest.

An identification of the suspects at the Kasoa Police Division by military officers from the Ghana Military Police Headquarters, Burma Camp, turned out that the two arrested men are not officers of the Ghana Military.

They are currently in police custody pending further investigation.

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He said the security agencies were alert and would deal ruthlessly with such deviants, who would also be made to face the full rigours of the law.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur gave the warning when he paid a courtesy call on Nai Awoshi Tetteh Odupong II, the Chief of Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Constituency of the Central Region.

The call was to seek the permission of the Chiefs and people as he tours the area as part of the second phase of his campaign tour of the Central Region.

He also urged political parties to advise their followers to conduct their political activities devoid of any violence; as the security agencies were determined to deal with people trouble makers irrespective of their political affiliation.

The Vice President is expected to be in nine constituencies, including Agona East and West, Gomoa Central, Ajumako/Enyan/Esiam, Mfantseman and Abura/Asebu/Kwamankese.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur was accompanied on the campaign tour by Mr Allotey Jacobs, the Central Regional Chairman of the NDC, Ms Barbara Serwah Asamoah, Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Mr Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, National Vice Chairman of the NDC, Mr Yaw Boateng Gyan, and former National Organiser of the NDC, among other officials.

In a response to a request made by Nai Awoshi Tetteh Odupong for the Government to add boarding facilities to the new Community Senior High Schools being built in the area, Vice President Amissah-Arthur explained that the Government’s intention for building the community schools was to give priority in terms of access and education to students in the local communities.

He said adding boarding facilities to the schools would open up the schools to outsiders, especially those from the cities, to compete with students in the local community and thus, defeat the purpose of empowering the local people in terms of education.

He assured the chiefs and people that the water problems in the Ofaakor, and surrounding communities, were being worked on and soon the pipeline from the Kasoa area would be extended to the town for them to have potable water.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur also stated that the request by Nai Awoshi Tetteh Odupong for the Kasoa Interchange to be named after a great ancestor of the place would be sent to President John Mahama.

He urged the NDC supporters in the area to vote massively for President Mahama to continue with his development projects.

Nai Awoshi Tetteh Odupong, for his part, commended the NDC Government for providing the Awutu Senya District with numerous infrastructural projects.

He pledged to support the Government of President John Mahama to succeed in their endeavours.

He said the NDC Government had initiated a lot infrastructural projects in the country, and should be given another four-year mandate to continue with its transformation agenda.

Vice President Amissah-Arthur also interacted with officials of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) at the Kasoa Lorry Station and addressed NDC supporters at mini rallies at Gomoa Akotsi, Dominase, and Gyahadze.

He also introduced Dr Nuhu Adams, Mr Desmond De-Graft Paitoo, and Mr Eric Don-Arthur as the NDC Parliamentary candidates for Awutu Senya East, Gomoa East, and Efutu constituencies respectively, to the people.

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