GRIDCO worker shot dead by police

General News on Friday, April 19th, 2019

Source: mynewsgh.com

2019-04-19

The life of Maclean Amoah, an employee of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) in Sefwi-Asawinso, Northwestern Region, was suspended after Nyinahin Police, in the Atwima Mponua district, in the Ashanti region, has confused with a thief him in the thigh, MyNewsGh.com reports.

In a video recording obtained by MyNewsGh.com, in which we see the victim telling his ordeal at the emergency unit of Komfo Anokye University Hospital in Kumasi, he recounted how the police officers had him. pursued hot with a BMW lounge car and shot him in the left thigh when they caught her in Nyinahin.

The incident occurred on Thursday, March 21, 2019, around 10 am, when police suspected the victim, who was driving alone in his car show and registered, GN 1124-12, to be an armed robber for not having stopped safety barrier, dragged him with said BMW car and Chief Inspector Gyekye shot him in Nyinahin, where the victim had parked.

The victim claimed to have seen in his driving mirrors that he had been sued, but had refused to stop because he feared for his life, due to the notorious nature of the Bibiani-Kumasi road for his activities armed robbery. so "I decided to drive safely before stopping," he added.

He added that residents of the city had threatened to kill him when he was abandoned by the police after firing.

The victim must undergo a plastic surgery operation at Komfo Anokye University Hospital under strict supervision on his bed. Police say that he is an armed robber.

MyNewsGh.com has determined that the victim's wife is a police officer in Dorma, in the Ahafo region.

The family of the victim claims justice and asks the Minister of the Interior and the Inspector General of Police to intervene and to call the police.

According to them, the identity of Maclean Amoah has never been questioned, because it can be easily verified by the GRIDCo and not by an armed robber as the police want.

The vehicle in which the victim was traveling and his cell phone are under the custody of the Nyinahin police to facilitate investigations.