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Photo of suspect who killed Kasoa Police officers released

By Mutala Yakubu
Eric Kojo Duah
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The Ghana Police Service has released the photograph of the main suspect who killed two police officers at Gomoa Buduburam near Kasoa in the Central Region.


The suspect Eric Kojo Duah, shot the two officers on Wednesday, August 28, 2019.

One of the officers died on the spot with the other passing away hours later at the hospital.

Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, who is the acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), has placed a GH¢10,000 bounty on the head of Eric Kojo Duah, who is alleged to be the main suspect involved in the killing of two policemen.

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The police however arrested three other suspects — Ibrahim Zakaria, Isaac Amissah and Dominic Commey — for allegedly shooting and killing two policemen at Gomoa Budumburam, near Kasoa in the Central Region, leaving Duah on the run.

The Police on today embarked on an operation at the Gomoa Buduburam area where a number of suspects had been rounded up.

Background

The suspects allegedly shot Sergeant Michael Gyamasi and Lance Corporal Awal Mohammed, both attached to the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service at Kasoa, who were on task force duties on the Kasoa-Winneba highway.

The suspects, who were using an unregistered Toyota Camry vehicle and said to be driving recklessly, shot the unarmed policemen after refusing to stop when the security officers signalled them to do so.

Duah, whose pistol was found in the abandoned Toyota Camry, has been declared wanted.

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