An investigation into the alleged murder of soldier Sherrif Imoro has revealed that he was stabbed by suspected armed robbers.
According to the latest Police Service statement, soldier Sheriff Imoro resisted and struggled with the suspected robbers when they tried to rob him.
The statement said the deceased had gone to see a female friend and was on his way home when the robbers allegedly attacked him.
His attackers snatched his phone and stabbed him.
The statement said “Investigations further revealed that on 3rd March, 2023 the deceased had visited a female friend at Ashaiman Newtown at about 10:30 pm and left the place in the middle of the night at about 01:30 am, on the 4th March, 2023.
After almost a week of painstaking intelligence-led operations, on 9th March, 2023 the police arrested suspects Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu and Ibrahim Abdul Rakib at their hideouts in Ashaiman. Two other suspects, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper and Abubakar Sadick alias Birdman were also arrested at their hideouts on 10th March, 2023. Two additional suspects, Yussif Mohammed, and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim were arrested on 11th and 12th March, 2023 respectively.
Further investigation has established that suspects Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick at about 1:45 am on 4th March 2023 attacked the deceased at Taifa Ashiaman in an attempt to rob him of his phone and a backpack. The deceased, however, resisted and struggled with the suspects. During the struggle, suspect Samuel Tetteh pulled out a knife and stabbed the deceased in the arm, snatched his phone, and bolted leaving the deceased with the knife stuck in his arm.
A postmortem examination was performed on the deceased’s body on 8th March, 2023, after which the pathologist gave the verbal cause of death as exsanguination and laceration of major vessels of left arm consistent with stabbed injury.
Investigations also revealed that suspects Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick sold the phone which they had robbed from the deceased to suspect Ibrahim Abdul Rakib who later sold it to suspect Safianu Musah. Suspect Safianu Musah is being evasive as to the whereabouts of the phone and claims to have sold it to suspect Yussif Mohammed and later to suspect Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim. Both suspects have been arrested and are assisting the investigation to recover the phone ” it added.
The Police said the bereaved family was informed about the outcome of the investigation.
“On 12th March, 2023 a team of police officers led by the Tema Regional Police Commander visited the family of the deceased and briefed them on the investigations done so far.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
