It has emerged that the Inspector General of Police (IGP) George Akuffo Dampare was personally involved in the intelligence work that led to the arrest of the killers of the slain soldier Imoro Sheriff.
According
to sources familiar with the development, the IGP joined the operations
on the grounds at Ashaiman to follow leads and tip-offs that eventually
led to the arrest of the suspects on Friday.
The Police in a
post on social on Friday evening said: “The Police after a week of
sustained intelligence-led operation have arrested the key suspects
involved in the murder of Imoro Sherrif, the soldier who was found dead
at Taifa Ashiaman on 4th March 2023”.
On Saturday, March 4,
2023, Imoro Sherrif, who according to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF)
visited Accra from Sunyani, was murdered in the Ashaiman township.
Dozens of military officers stormed Ashaiman in the operation that saw some soldiers entering the town in trucks, with an armoured car plus a helicopter hovering over the town.
The exercise is said to be in
response to the gruesome murder of a young soldier, Trooper Sherrif
Imoro, by some unidentified persons on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Videos
of the invasion shared across social media show various forms of
assault being meted on residents by the rampaging officers who subjected
some of the residents to severe beatings.
In a statement released in the early hours of March 8, the Ghana Armed Forces admitted authorizing the swoop which led to the arrest of 184 persons, as well as the seizure of suspected illegal drugs.
In
the said statement, they also acknowledged excesses may have resulted in
the swoop but failed to apologize for or commit to conducting a probe
on the same.
An initial 150 suspects were released on March 8
whiles Fix The Country movement convener Oliver Barker-Vormawor reported
on March 9 that the remaining 34 have also been freed without charge.
Police Interrogate Girlfriend Of Slain Soldier
The
Ashaiman Police have quizzed the devastated girlfriend of the murdered
military man who was killed at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region.
The
interrogation was in an attempt to unravel the circumstances under
which the 22-year-old trumpeter of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) band,
Imoro Sherrif
was killed.
She was invited, questioned and released on self-recognized bail by the police, DGN Online can report.
Confirming
the interrogation, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ashaiman, Ernest
Henry Norgbey gave additional information to 3Fm that “So far it was
only one person that was invited for questioning, the purported
girlfriend of the deceased.
“According to the Police, it appeared
the girl has also been devastated about the whole issue, the guy was
with her throughout the night up to 2am when they departed and just to
wake up the following morning to hear the issues on social media, she
was devastated about it.
“So by and large, it was the only person
that was questioned as we speak now. So we are waiting to see if the
culprits will be arrested.”
Imoro Sherrif was laid to rest on Thursday, March 9 at the Military Cemetery, Burma Camp in Accra.
Imoro Sherrif was gruesomely murdered on Saturday, March 4.
He was found in a pool of blood in Ashaiman and suspected to have been stabbed to death.
The Military High Command on Tuesday sanctioned an intelligence-led operation to fish out the perpetrators of the crime.
In
the course of the operation, several civilians reported of brutalities
meted out to them as 184 persons were rounded up with 150 released and
34 persons have been handed over to the Ghana Police Service through the
Military Police for further action.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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