The Director-General of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), COP Ken Yeboah has disclosed that three suspects in connection to the murder of the late MP for Mfantseman, Ekow Quansah Hayford have been handed a 20-year jail term for a different robbery incident that occurred at Dokobo-Obuasi road on May 11, 2021.
Addressing journalists on Wednesday, June 30, 2021, on the outcome of some of their investigations on robberies and other cases, he said the three after their arrest confessed to participating in the robbery and killing of the late MP.
The suspects arrested he disclosed are all of Fulani extraction.
The names of the suspects were given as Omar Sando, Sando Ali, and Gibo Ali.
The CID boss further explained that one other person who was identified as the leader was killed in a shoot-out with the police during their arrest.
According to him, the convicts while serving their jail them would soon be arraigned in respect of the late MPs death and attack.
He added that out of the six suspects who were suspected to have murdered the MP, four have been arrested.
Mr. Hayford was shot and killed after his car was attacked on the Nkusukum Mankessim-Abeadze Duadze road in the Central Region.
The armed robbers numbering about six shot at the MP’s vehicle when his driver attempted to drive away from the robbery operation.
The MP is said to have confirmed his identity to the robbers when asked who the MP of the constituency was.
He was then shot twice, resulting in his death.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com