The Accra Regional
Police Command is currently holding the Chief of Opah – a community near
Sapeiman in the Ga West Municipality – for attempted murder.
Nii Ayitey Anumle
Oyanki II, 36, was arrested last Friday evening for allegedly shooting a man,
and stabbing and holding the man’s brother hostage for hours on suspicion that
they were spies of a rivalry chief.
According to the
police, 15 others believed to be Nii Ayitey’s land guards are being tracked to
assist in investigations.
The chief has been
remanded in police custody by an Accra Circuit Court for in investigations to
continue.
Capture
The suspect was at
loggerheads with a rivalry chief identified as Nii Abbey Okanfra, aka Staff, a
development chief at Sapeiman.
Police sources say the
two chiefs have been using land guards for their activities and on August 16,
the suspect’s land guards saw one Nii Laryea, 23, and raised the alarm that he
had come to spy on them. Therefore, the suspect gave his land guards the order
to ‘arrest’ and detain Nii Laryea.
“They arrested the boy
on a street in front of the palace, gave him severe beatings after which they
used broken beer bottles to stab him on the head and buttocks,” the police
source said.
Not satisfied, the
land guards dragged Laryea inside the palace to further ‘torture’ him, holding
him hostage for close to three hours.
When Daniel Nii Aryee,
40, brother of the victim, heard about the incident, he together with some
opinion leaders rushed to the palace to plead with the suspect to release the
victim but the land guards prevented them entry. Later, they managed to force
themselves inside.
The police said the
suspect then fired his gun, hitting Daniel Nii Aryee in the waist whilst the
others ran for their lives. Subsequently, they reported the matter to the
police.
The Accra Regional
Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Fred Adu Anim, confirmed
the incident and said they arrested the suspect and freed the victim.
He confirmed that
there were sporadic shootings in the area and the police recovered seven
cartridges at the palace.
The pump action gun
was also retrieved from the suspect.
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