Police officer lynched for stabbing 2 people in Basa in the eastern Bono region

Crime and punishment of Friday, September 25, 2020

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2020-09-25

Correspondence of the Eastern Region of Bono

A police officer of the Ghana Police has allegedly been lynched by a mob in Basa, in the Sene Este district of the Bono Este region.

The officer identified only as Kusi was killed after he reportedly stabbed two people with a knife to death.

The deceased are Nana Osei Owusu, the Gyaasehene of the Basa Traditional Council, and a self-described prophetess identified as Mama Sarah.

According to residents, the officer suspected of being mentally unstable has been terrorizing tenants and other neighbors for some time.

A resident who identified himself as Stephen told GhanaWeb in a telephone interview that Kusi started his usual routine around 12:30 pm on Thursday, September 24, but this time it turned fatal.

It revealed that Kusi, in a fit of rage, stabbed Mama Sarah and subsequently stabbed Nana Osei Owusu, who had come to the scene to try to restore calm to her stomach.

Realizing that his life was in danger, he ran to the Basa police station to seek shelter, but was chased by an angry mob and lynched.

“Man has been like this for some time. It has become routine as he will terrorize the neighbors, but this time he stabbed two people in a fury. He ran to the police station, but there they chased him and beat him to death ”.

The bodies of the three deceased persons have been deposited in the Kwame Danso Government Hospital.

The area’s district executive director (DCE), Abraham Mbanye, in an interview confirmed the incident to GhanaWeb and said security officers are in the crowd to restore calm.

However, he declined to elaborate as he revealed that it is a security issue and needs to be handled properly.

Meanwhile, independent controls by GhanaWeb reveal that joint military and police patrol teams have been dispatched to the area to try to restore calm.