The Police Administration
\nhas with immediate effect interdicted three Police officers at the
\nElubo border in the Western Region in connection with the death
\nof a suspect in their custody on January 7.
\nThey are Inspector E. K. Mensah the Station Officer of the
\nElubo Police Station, Corporal Ayamba Bawa and Constable
\nEbenezer Mensah.
\nThe Jomoro District Police Commander, Deputy
\nSuperintendent of Police John Ferguson Dzineku confirmed this to
\nthe Ghana News Agency at Half Assini on Tuesday.
\nHe said the Police Administration was conducting an
\ninvestigation into the death of the suspect, Mr Francis Nyanzu, 33,
\na farmer at Cocoa Town near Elubo.
\nHe was kept in custody at the Elubo Police Station from
\nJanuary 1 without bail until his death on January 7.
\nMr Dzineku said the Police Administration disassociated itself
\nfrom the act of the three Police officers and would ensure that they
\nare appropriately dealt with to serve as a deterrent to others.
\nHe said he had ordered that the body be deposited at the Effia
\nNkwanta Regional Hospital mortuary in Sekondi for autopsy and
\nbe kept there till the investigation is completed.
\nBriefing the Ghana News Agency at Half Assini on
\nWednesday, a family spokesman, Mr James K. Awuah said on
\nDecember 25 last year one Mr Kwaye accused the deceased of
\nhaving sexual intercourse with his wife at Cocoa Town, near Elubo
\nduring the Christmas festivity.
\nHe said Mr Kwaye therefore demanded 20,000 Ghana cedis
\nfrom the deceased but he was unable to provide it.
\nMr Awuah said on January 1, Mr Kwaye went to the Elubo
\npolice Station and reported the matter upon which the deceased
\nwas arrested and kept in their custody until he was found dead in
\nthe cell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n