Police and 2 others arrested for killing taxi driver

– A police officer, Lance Corporal Bright Akosa, has been arrested for participating in an armed robbery.

– The police officer allegedly used his official service weapon to kill Samuel Tawiah, a 46-year-old taxi driver.

– The Director General of the CID, COP Ken Yeboah, said that L / cpl Akosa hired a taxi from Pokuase to Adjei Kotoku “under the pretext of visiting their construction site.

– However, the taxi driver was asked to stop the vehicle when they reached a nearby bush where the police officer shot him twice.

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The Accra Regional Criminal Investigations Department arrested Lance Corporal Bright Akosa, along with two other individuals, for their involvement in a robbery case.

The arrest was affected by the Anti-Theft Unit of the Ghana Police Service in connection with a robbery and murder.

In a report released by CitiNewsroom, CID Director General COP Ken Yeboah revealed that the police officer allegedly used his official duty weapon to kill Samuel Tawiah, 46, a taxi driver during a robbery operation.

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Police and 2 others arrested for killing a taxi driver in an armed robbery operation Source: citiewsroom.com
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They were arrested on September 14 and have been prosecuted, charged and taken into police custody.

“The police officer and his accomplice were offering a Nissan Versa taxi for sale in Cape Coast when they were arrested,” said COP Ken Yeboah.

COP Yeboah said that the police officer went to Pokuase to hire Adjei Kotoku’s taxi “under the pretext of visiting his construction site. Unbeknownst to the taxi driver, one of the suspects, Ebenezer Tetteh, was hiding in a nearby bush.

He added that when the police officer arrived at the scene, he ordered the taxi driver to stop the vehicle and then shot him twice.

“Then Ebenezer came out of hiding, took out the deceased taxi driver and the policeman shot him again to make sure he was dead. They left him in the mountains, ”the CID chief continued.

The suspects then moved to the Central Region to sell the taxi for GHS8,000 to the third suspect.

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In other news, James Womba, the prime suspect in the murder of University of Ghana law professor Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, has spoken to police in a new confession.

According to him, he entered the house of the deceased professor with the intention of robbing him and not causing him any harm.

The Director General of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Ghana Police Service, COP Isaac Ken Yeboah, while speaking at a press conference, indicated that Womba and his accomplice knocked out Professor Benneh, killing him in the process.

COP Isaac Ken Yeboah said that Womba was forced to beat Professor Benneh because he was not responding with what was demanded of him and also wanted to raise the alarm about the attack.

Womba reportedly gave the police a new name after the one he committed the cowardly act with after giving a different name on his first questioning.

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Interrogators say that Womba confessed to hitting Professor Benneh with an iron bar and gagging him.

After incessant requests, Womba and his accomplice took two phones and an amount of GH ¢ 450 cedis from the professor’s wallet.

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