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13 Mar

We Informed Military Of Sherrif Imoro’s Death On Day Of Incident – Police

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The Ghana Police Service disclosed in a statement issued late Sunday, March 12, 2023 that it had notified the military about the death of one of its officers on the same day the incident happened. The police statement said, after its officials on March 4 acted on a report of a murder in the Ashaiman Taifa area of the Ashaiman Municipality, deployed forensic experts from its Police Crime Scene team to the place. At the scene, “Police immediately commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the victim. The officers cordoned off the scene and called in the…

13 Mar

How Search For Slain Soldier’s Phone Led To Arrest Of Four Suspects – Police Statement

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The Ghana Police Service disclosed in a statement issued late Sunday, March 12, 2023 that six persons had been arrested for their suspected roles in the murder of a young soldier at Ashaiman Taifa on March 4, 2023. The police are, however, on the hunt for the iPhone of the deceased which according to the statement was the reason he was fatally stabbed by the first two assailants who attacked him early dawn of March 4. The statement said: “After almost a week of painstaking intelligence-led operations, on 9th March 2023, the police arrested suspects Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu and…

08 Mar

Ashaiman Operation Was Sanctioned By Military High Command – Deputy Minister

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The Military High Command gave the greenlight for an operation that took place in Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, on March 7, 2023. The Deputy Minister for Defence, Kwaku Amankwa Manu, speaking late Tuesday told Joy News that he had been informed by the military that their men who entered a section of the Ashaiman township in the wee hours of the day, were there to apprehend murderers of a young soldier. The deputy minister confirmed that the first time he heard of the operation, he called the Member of Parliament for the area, who confirmed that such an operation…

08 Mar

FULL TEXT: Military Issues Statement On Ashaiman Swoop

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The Military High Command has confirmed authorizing what they call a "swoop" on the Ashaiman township in search of killers of a young soldier on March 4, 2023. The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) issued a statement in the morning of March 8, 2023 stated that the action was targeted at killers of a young soldier and not to brutalize residents of the township. "GAF wishes to state categorically that the military operation, which was sanctioned by the Military High Command, was NOT to avenge the killing of the soldier but rather to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime,"…