Another person arrested for shooting at NDC office

General News of Saturday, April 27, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-04-27

Another person was arrested as a result of the shooting at the party's National Democratic Party (NDC) party office in the Ashanti region.

This brings to four the total number of people in custody.

Police in the region said that 12 people were wanted for the incident of the shooting. Three people then went to the police, but their request for bail was rejected by a court.

Ashanti Regional Police Command public relations officer ASP Godwin Ahianyo, confirming the latest arrest of Eyewitness News, said the suspect, Sulemana Hussein, aka Akon, was on the wanted list by the police, is currently in detention.

"If you ask me, I will say yes [one person has been arrested]. Yesterday we were here when the Kenyasi police brought in a man who had been declared wanted. The commander ordered that he be taken to the Komfo Anokye University Hospital for treatment. Until now, he has been treated and released and is currently under the custody of the police. "

Shots in NDC office: a man was stabbed repeatedly during an alleged attack in retaliation

Some men suspected of being relatives and friends of the deceased attacked another man during an alleged attack in retaliation.

The victim is currently at Komfo Anokye University Hospital after being injured several times.

On Thursday afternoon, the angry young man besieged the victim's home in Kenyasi-Abirem to ask where he was from his family.

According to the suspect's sister, the young man in his twenties allegedly broke into his brother's room and stabbed him several times with knives.

The family reported the incident to the police who later came to his aid and managed to disperse the youth.

Context

The February shootout took place when the party's national president, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, the secretary general, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and the regional executive committee met in the office to resolve the issues between the two factions.

Abdul Wasiu Iddris, 34, is dead and another injured.

The suspects are Dauda Ibrahim, 40, aka Wayo, Abdul Ganiu, 37, and Samuel Agyin, aka Rock, 32.

The three people who reported to the regional police were Hussein Bari, known as Warrior, Midhima, Damos and Abu Taliban.

The following suspects were also mentioned during police investigations; Sanni Mohammed aka Commando, Wayo, Element, Jah Rule, as well as Petit, Fayiz, Mallam and Rock.

Police also interviewed Joseph Yamin, former deputy regional minister of Ashanti, and Afrifa Yamoah Ponko, former chief executive of the municipality of Ejisu Juabeng.

Police said four alleged members of the pro-national Democratic Congress group, the Hawks, would be suspected of being behind the attack perpetrated against the party's regional office in Kumasi, which made one dead and another wounded.