The Police Administration
has with immediate effect interdicted three Police officers at the
Elubo border in the Western Region in connection with the death
of a suspect in their custody on January 7.
They are Inspector E. K. Mensah the Station Officer of the
Elubo Police Station, Corporal Ayamba Bawa and Constable
Ebenezer Mensah.
The Jomoro District Police Commander, Deputy
Superintendent of Police John Ferguson Dzineku confirmed this to
the Ghana News Agency at Half Assini on Tuesday.
He said the Police Administration was conducting an
investigation into the death of the suspect, Mr Francis Nyanzu, 33,
a farmer at Cocoa Town near Elubo.
He was kept in custody at the Elubo Police Station from
January 1 without bail until his death on January 7.
Mr Dzineku said the Police Administration disassociated itself
from the act of the three Police officers and would ensure that they
are appropriately dealt with to serve as a deterrent to others.
He said he had ordered that the body be deposited at the Effia
Nkwanta Regional Hospital mortuary in Sekondi for autopsy and
be kept there till the investigation is completed.
Briefing the Ghana News Agency at Half Assini on
Wednesday, a family spokesman, Mr James K. Awuah said on
December 25 last year one Mr Kwaye accused the deceased of
having sexual intercourse with his wife at Cocoa Town, near Elubo
during the Christmas festivity.
He said Mr Kwaye therefore demanded 20,000 Ghana cedis
from the deceased but he was unable to provide it.
Mr Awuah said on January 1, Mr Kwaye went to the Elubo
police Station and reported the matter upon which the deceased
was arrested and kept in their custody until he was found dead in
the cell.