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The Omanhene of the traditional Mankessim area, Nana Araba Otua II, has urged the government to solve the series of murders in the area, highlighted by the murder of Mfantseman’s MP Ekow Quansah Hayford.
She cataloged a string of murders in recent years that, she said, has caused “great concern.”
The traditional leader mentioned the murder of a BNI director, Samuel Ampofo and a police officer, L / Cpl Kingsley Kofi Boahen in a space of two months.
The BNI director was killed by gunmen who fired into a crowd during Omanhen’s coronation in December 2019.
Just a month later, L / Cpl Kingsley Kofi Boahen was found dead at dawn on the Mankessim-Assin Fosu highway.
He died in an armed robbery with the IGP placing a bounty of ¢ 10,000 for the murderers. Although some arrests have been made, these killings remain unsolved.
“Unfortunately, the people responsible for these murders are still at large,” he lamented in a statement to journalists.
His statement follows the murder of Mfantseman deputy Ekow Quansah Hayford on Friday by alleged armed robbers at dawn.
The late NPP deputy was returning home from a campaign when the assailants sealed off the Abeaze Dominase road he was traveling on and shot him and his driver. Ekow Hayford died instantly, his driver later died.
Expressing her condolences to the grieving family, the Omanhen of the traditional Mankessim area, Nana Araba Otua II called for an end to the avalanche of killings.
“These criminals must be found. The killings must stop, ”says part of the statement.
The late PNP deputy had also reason to express concern about insecurity in the electoral district.
Following the assassination of L / Cpl, Kofi Boahen, had urged the security agencies to redouble their efforts to ensure that justice is served.
Emphasizing this call, Omanhen said that “the decent people of Mfantsiman cannot and should not live in fear.”
The kingdom of Mankessim has a cultural and political importance among the Fantes. It functioned as the capital of the Fante confederation in the 19th century.
The Mfantseman constituency is within the traditional Mankessim authority.
