Osagyefo Barge: Police open investigation into alleged suicide by Maritime Police officer

General News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Source: Daniel Kaku

2019-03-26

The Ghanaian police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an alleged Naval Police officer who committed suicide at Osagyefo Power Barge, Effasu-Mangyea, near Half Assini, Jomoro Municipality, in the region of the West.

Sergeant Mohammed Fusieni (bearing registration number 37400) allegedly shot himself with his official AK47 badault rifle.

The incident occurred on Sunday, March 24 at approximately 8,000 hours in the police bungalow in Effasu-Mangyea, in the municipality, where four officers were on duty at the Osagyefo boat protection barge.

Jomoro District Police Commander, DSP Zenge Cyprian Macarty, confirmed the sad news after Sgt. Mohammed Fusieni returned on his return to the Effasu-Mangyea police bungalow. (with service number 151484) to buy him a shaving blade.

According to the police commander, Lance Corporal Munturi returned only to find the late Sergeant Fusieni lying in a pool of blood with his AK47 badault rifle in the room.

He added that when they received the sad news, they quickly turned to Sekondi's Crime Scene Management Team and the Takoradi Marine Police on the scene with the Half Police. Assini.

"We visited the scene to find the body lying on its back in a puddle of dead blood with the AK47 badault rifle on its legs," he confirmed.

DSP Zenge also added that they had found a note written next to him, which contained a short message containing the phone numbers of his wife and two other people.

The written note reads; "I can not bear this shame, something I do not know."

He revealed that the late Sergeant Mohammed Fusieni and Lance Corporal Iddrisu Kafando Munturi were based at the Aiyinasi Police Station in the Ellembelle district of the region.

The DSP stated that the preliminary information available to the police did not reveal that the deceased had a troubled history.

He added that they were investigating what could have led to the incident.

Since then, the body was dropped off at the police hospital morgue to be preserved and autopsied.

Sgt. Mohammed Fusieni, 45, has left a wife and three children.

Cop who shot himself without being involved in a robbery on the barge Osagyefo – Police

Police in the western region have denied reports that the suicidal policeman is one of four people being investigated for robbery in the Osagyefo power barge in Efbadu, near Half-Assini.

Reports revealed on Monday that the deceased was one of four people recently charged with stealing cables, refrigerators and other valuables from the barge, but police say it does not matter. can be exact.

West Regional Regional Police Public Relations Officer Olivia Ewurabena Adiku told 3news.com that it was unclear what prompted Sgt Mohammed to commit suicide when she dismissed the fact that he was under investigation for theft.

"Those who have been involved [in the theft] are currently banned, "she said. [Sgt Mohammed] is not one of those who participated in this robbery at Osagye 's barge.

She based her statement on the fact that once the officer stopped, "you put all your police equipment back; you are not going to work because we are investigating your case and the idea is sometimes that when you are in the position, you risk undermining investigations "

The Adiku DSP said that if Sgt Mohammed was one of the police officers involved in the robbery case, who is now before the Attorney General's officer, he would not have been badigned to a Sunday service.

"For now, we do not really know what made him take his life. The police are investigating this, "she told 3news.com.