A Sunyani District Court has again remanded three Policemen and three other suspects concerning the death and secret burial of a-48-year-old farmer at Seikwa in the Tain District of the Bono Region.
General Constable Ebenezer Akuffo, General Corporal Williams Akussung and Chief Inspector Eric Aforo, the Station Officer at the Seikwa Police Station were alleged to have maltreated the farmer, Abu Nepah, to death, and buried him secretly at a public cemetery at Seikwa.
The incident happened between April 16 and 17, this year, of which the Police Administration has since interdicted these accused officers.
They would re-appear before the Court on Tuesday, June 8, 2021.
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The Sunyani Circuit Court A presided over by His Lordship Jojo Hagan, has for the second time remanded into prison custody,
three police officers and three others accused of brutalizing Abu Bukari Gbahara, a suspect who was in their custody, to death and secretly burying him.
The six were charged on two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime to wit: murder, contrary to section 23 (1) and 46 of the Criminal Offenses Act, 1960 (Act 29), and murder.
The suspects include General Constable Ebenezer Akuffo, 24, General Corporal Williams Akussung, 38, and Chief Inspector Eric Aforo, aged 48, all police officers at the Seikwa station.
3 policemen, others in Seikwa killing remanded
April 28, 2021
Three policemen allegedly involved in the beatings and killing of a suspect at the Seikwa Police Station in the Bono Region last week were yesterday remanded in police custody by the Sunyani Circuit Court B to prevent them from interfering with ongoing investigations into the matter.
The court, presided by Jojo Amoah Hagan, also remanded three other suspects.
All six, preliminarily charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder, are to reappear in court on May 11, this year.
They are Chief Inspector Eric Aforo, General Corporal William Akussung and General Constable Ebenezer Akuffo, all stationed at the Seikwa Police Command; Mr Ofori Emmanuel Kingsford, branch manager of Nafana Rural bank, Aaron Abbey and Reuben Obeng w their accomplices.
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