The Ashaiman MP, Mr. Ernest Norgbey, has commended the Ghana Police Service for the swift investigations and arrest of alleged killers of late Trooper Imoro Sherrif.

According to him, the Police were professional and diligent in their operations. In a press release issued on Monday, March 13, Mr. Nogbey said the Police by this conduct, have proven that they have requisite competence to investigate all crimes in the country.

“Through their efforts thus far, the Ghana Police have assured the good people of Ashaiman and the entire population of Ghana that the Ghana Police Service, led by the IGP COP George Akuffo Dampare, have the capacity and competence to investigate all horrifying crimes, including the kind that took Trooper Imoro to an early grave.
“The good people of Ghana and Ashaiman, will forever remember the noble services of the men and women of the Ghana Police Service to Ashaiman when it mattered most.”
Ernest Norgbey

Meanwhile, the lawmaker has charged the Attorney-General to ensure the swift prosecution of the accused persons.

“I pray that the Attorney-General’s Department will subsequently ensure swift, fair, fearless and successful prosecution of all the suspects involved in the alleged killing of Trooper Imoro and for our courts to return a verdict that serves as a bold line of deterrence to all persons, who may want to break the law.”
Ernest Norgbey

Mr. Norgbey’s press release comes on the back of an announcement by the Police, that they have arrested six suspects in connection with the murder of the soldier.

In a detailed statement issued on Monday, the Police said after almost a week of painstaking intelligence-led operations, on March 9, it 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 March 10. Two additional suspects, Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim, were arrested on 11th and March 12, respectively.”
Ghana Police Service

The Police, claim a further investigation has established that suspects Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick at about 1:45 am on March 4, attacked the deceased at Taifa-Ashaiman, 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.”
Ghana Police Service

Meanwhile, the Ashaiman Circuit Court has denied bail to six suspects, picked up in connection with the murder of Trooper Imoro Sherrif at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman on March 4.

Prosecutor, Supt. Sylvester Asare, told the court presided over by Simon Gaga that granting the accused persons bail, will impede investigations.

PPP National Chairman Calls On Military To Seek Advise From The Police

On the other hand, PPP National Chairman, Nana Ofori Owusu has slammed the Military High Command, for sanctioning their officers to storm Ashaiman and brutalize residents over the death of Imoro Sherrif, a soldier.

Following the death of the soldier, troops spotted in armored vehicles invaded Ashaiman, pulled residents from their homes and various places and whipped them mercilessly. Over 100 residents were also captured and sent to the base of the Military but were later released.

After the military brutalities, the High Command released a statement informing the public the soldiers’ action, was a sanctioned operation.

But to Nana Ofori, the Military had no right to besiege the Ashaiman community.

“We cannot condone this single act, it’s just not possible. That the unfortunate loss of life, any loss of life has gone against the State but the Millitary cannot circumvent the structures we have as a society because if you do that, you are eroding the confidence in our security system, in terms of the Police and the work we have to do in this country.
“Train for external aggression, is different from internal investigation and apprehension of culprits in our society. We need law and order, we need discipline and we need the discipline from the Military. Are they guilty because of where they live? This profiling is a very horrible profile, it can never be correct.”
Nana Ofori Owusu

He called on the Military to respect the laws of the country, stating, “the Military, in their quest to seek justice, they cannot circumvent the constitution of the land because the constitution of this land, doesn’t give them the right to do what they did. They should have gone through the Police”.

“They should have held emergency meetings with the Police for the Police to teach them the structures and processes to follow, to make sure that the people who committed this heinous crime by stabbing and killing the gentleman are brought to book and made sure that law and order and justice and discipline, fairness, equity must be our hallmark.

“We can’t just do things because we feel like it. I cannot go outside slapping people because I feel like it.”

Nana Ofori Owusu