Seven Fulani herdsmen arrested in connection with the murder of two
police officers on the Drobonso-Kumawu road were on Friday put before
the Asokwa District Court.
Abdulai Musah, Osmanu Issaka, Mohammed Issaka, Issah Jawo, Alhaji Ali
Issah, Suleiman Adams and Aliu Amadu are facing provisional charges of
conspiracy and murder.
Their pleas were not taken and
they were ordered to be held in police custody to make their next appearance on February 02.
Their three other accomplices identified as Alhaji Buba, Gariba and Fuseini are on the run.
The deceased officers – Inspector Adolf Mutse and Constable Prosper
Ashinyo were shot and killed, while returning from night patrol duty.
Constable Enoch Okyere, another officer, suffered serious gunshot wounds
during the attack and is on admission at the Komfo Anokye Teaching
Hospital.
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Asumadu Okyere-Darko told the
court presided over by Mr Peter Oppong-Boahen that the accused persons
met to plan the attack on January 09 in the house of Suleiman Adams at
Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region.
They had plotted to wage war on officers of the security services over
the on-going operation to forcibly remove nomadic Fulani herdsmen and
their cattle from the Ashanti portion of the Afram Plains.
Mohammed Issaka reportedly offered to providing funding and promised each person cash of GH¢60,000.00 together with 30 cattle.
He was said to have made down payment of GH¢1,000.00 to the five persons
who carried out the January 11 attack that left the pair dead and their
colleague hurt.
The plea for bail by lawyers for the accused persons was refused by the court.
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