{"id":272660,"date":"2011-01-03T11:23:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T11:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=44429"},"modified":"2011-01-03T11:23:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T11:23:05","slug":"e-ts-bodyguard-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/03\/e-ts-bodyguard-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"E.T\u2019s Bodyguard Killed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_40520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40520\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-40520\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/12\/10\/et-mensah-targets-gbc\/et-mensah\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40520\" title=\"ET Mensah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ET-Mensah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ET Mensah<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe intervention of an off-duty  policeman in a dispute between a tro-tro driver ad members of a Joint  Elections Security Task Force at Ashaiman of Friday, has led to the  death of the policeman.<br \/>\nA soldier who is a member of the Task  Force, injured in the confrontation, is in critical condition at the  Tema General Hospital.<br \/>\nThe policeman, identified as Corporal Sampson  Kwakye Sorsey, a bodyguard of Mr. E.T. Mensah, the Minister of  Employment and Social Welfare was reported to have intervened in the  matter to save the tro-tro driver, whose vehicle had blocked the path of  the Task Force, from being subjected to beatings.<br \/>\nMatters were said to have degenerated.<br \/>\nAccording  to a Police\/Military high Command statement signed jointly by  Superintendent Kwesi Ofori, Director of Public Affairs of the Ghana  Police Service and Lieutenant Commander A La-Anyane for the Director of  Public Relations of the Ghana Armed Forces, the incident happened when  the Task Force was responding to a distress call during the District  Level Elect ions.<br \/>\nThe statement said when the Task Force arrived  at the Ashaiman Market junction, \u201ca Toyota van which was discharging  supplies into a nearby store had obstructed the one-way road thereby  preventing the patrol form passing through.<br \/>\n\u201cA soldier-member of  the patrol got down and attempted to impress upon the driver of the van  to reverse from the road to allow the patrol go through, but he refused.  In the attempt to get eh defiant driver to do the right thing, there  was exchange of words between the soldier and the civilian driver.<br \/>\n\u201cA  policeman in uniform appeared on the scene and attempted to prevent the  patrol members from ensuring that the driver got the van out of the  way. Even when the patrol leader, a Police inspector prevailed upon him  to reason with the patrol, he would not budge\u201d, the statement said.<br \/>\nIt  said the policeman \u201cthreatened the patrol members with his side arm\u201d  and another soldier in the Task Force attempted to disarm the policeman  and in the process both men fell on the ground, resulting in their  weapons going off and seriously injuring the two.<br \/>\n\u201cBothe wounded persons were rushed to the Tema General Hospital where the policeman died later\u201d, the statement added.<br \/>\nThe  High Command of the military and police have, meanwhile, expressed  their condolences to the bereaved family and sympathies to the injured  soldier, wishing him speedy recovery.<br \/>\nThe statement noted that  the incident was an unfortunate isolated one, and that \u201cthere exists a  very cordial relationship between and among the security services. The  joint Elections Security Task Force patrol in fact was composed of  members of the army, navy, police and fire service\u201d.<br \/>\nIt said a joint investigative team was being constituted to further investigate the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The intervention of an off-duty policeman in a dispute between a tro-tro driver ad members of a Joint Elections Security Task Force at Ashaiman of Friday, has led to the death of the policeman. 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