{"id":395980,"date":"2018-01-28T17:37:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T17:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=395980"},"modified":"2018-01-29T07:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T07:21:12","slug":"family-of-slain-kwabenya-policeman-wants-state-burial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/family-of-slain-kwabenya-policeman-wants-state-burial\/","title":{"rendered":"Family of slain Kwabenya Policeman wants state burial"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Family of the police officer who was shot dead in last Sunday’s attack on the Kwabenya Police station, wants the state to honour him\u00a0with a state funeral.<\/p>\n

Spokesperson for the family, Robert Normesinu Ashilevi, who made the request on their behalf at the ceremony to mark a week since his brother’s passing, said the tragic manner in which their breadwinner died necessitated such an honour.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”mGequuUtbwPFdWCdx0dVs1Xd2YJNyfrG”]Mr. Ashilevi however noted that, the family is happy with the police’s pursuit of their son’s suspected killer<\/strong><\/span><\/a> so far .<\/p>\n

He however called on government to use the tragic passing of Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi to beef up the general security of police officers across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cTaking into account the circumstances leading to his death, the family will highly appreciate it if the state can accord him a state burial. We will appreciate it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Widow of the Late Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This request comes days after the family asked the government\u00a0to establish a fund<\/strong><\/a> to cater for the education of his children.<\/p>\n

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The ceremony drew mourners from the police hierarchy including the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, Director General of Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Police Service, DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, the Director General of Operations, COP George Dampare, and the Greater Accra Regional Police Commander, DCOP George Alex Mensah.<\/p>\n

The widow and bereaved family were treated to dirges by the Eastern Regional Police Band.<\/p>\n

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Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery was also present at the ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

A gang of suspected armed robbers attacked the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters, which accommodates the Kwabenya Police Station, killing the officer on duty, and freeing cell inmates.<\/p>\n

A total of seven inmates were freed but three of them have since been rearrested.<\/p>\n

‘Cop killer busted’<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the latest development, the Accra Police Command has picked up the man believed to have shot the police officer dead.<\/p>\n

The suspect has been identified as Kofi Seshie, aged 28.<\/p>\n

Seshie was arrested along with four other suspects in the early hours of Saturday at Kasoa, according to a statement from the police.<\/p>\n

The statement said these latest arrests bring the number of people detained following the incident to eleven, after\u00a0six\u00a0suspects were arrested\u00a0during the week.<\/p>\n

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

The now deceased Police officer sustained gunshot wounds and died whilst receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.<\/p>\n

He was the breadwinner for a family of seven with the youngest being three years.<\/p>\n

‘No mercy’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Government\u00a0has since condemned the attack on the Kwabenya District Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a press conference on Monday, Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid, assured that persons involved in the act\u00a0will face the law.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst of all\u00a0government\u00a0condemns the criminal conduct of these elements in the strongest possible terms. There is a manhunt for these criminal elements and we have no doubts in our minds that they will be brought to face justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment\u00a0takes this opportunity to express its deepest sympathies to the family of the deceased policeman\u2026 While this is one of the isolated incidents that have unsettled the\u00a0Ghanaian population, we wish to continue to assure the\u00a0Ghanaian people that the security agencies are working to ensure the general safety of the population. The preventive mechanism of the Police Service remains intact which helps to nip such occurrences in the bud before they become full-blown criminal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Ansah & Caleb Kudah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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