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8 Facts About Eric Duah, The Man Who Killed 2 Police Officers At Kasoa

Few days ago, one young man called Eric Duah dominated local and international tabloids after he brazenly killed two Ghanaian cops who were discharging their motor traffic duty last week Wednesday on the road at Budumburam, a suburb of Kasoa.

According an eyewitness, who saw everything that transpired between Eric and the officers on that fateful day, when the police officer approached the suspect, who was driving the unregistered blue/black Toyota Camry vehicle in an attempt to arrest him, the police officer first slapped the suspect in the face.

The suspect, in turn, went to his car under the pretence of taking out money from the car according to the eyewitness, but brought out the gun and fired at the police officer.

In a radio interview Thursday morning, the eyewitness said the police officer then took to his heels and headed towards the grocery shop in which the eyewitness and two other persons were.

The officer, who was then bleeding profusely reportedly urged the eyewitnesses to take cover and they did so by hiding behind a refrigerator inside the grocery shop.

The suspect, according to the eyewitness entered the shop and ordered them out after which he shot again at the police officer.

Here’s are some interesting facts about Eric Duah and his motive behind the gruesome killing:

#1. Several police officers in Budumburam and adjoining suburbs are his friends.

#2. He’s married and has two kids.

#3. He sells motor bikes has on multiple occasions brandished his gun (the one he used for the murder) threateningly over a disputed land at Dansoman.

#4. He lived in his own apartment which was bequeathed to him after the death of his mother and pastor, the late Elizabeth Boateng, in 2017.

#5. He is the only son of a pastor and founder of a church.

#6. He was on his way to the Volta Region en route Atimpoku near Akosombo in the Eastern Region when he was nabbed on Saturday.  

#7. He claimed one of the officers he killed was the one who murdered his mother.

&. He has a police officer as a tenant in his house.

Source: www.Ghgossip.com

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