Yakubu Issahaku
Yakubu Issahaku, the main suspect in the murder of the late police officer, Sergeant Nana Agathar, has been arraigned before the Tamale Magistrate Court, in a fresh case against him for allegedly attempting to kill one Tominu Yussif in Tamale in May 2018.
The suspect was sent to the Tamale Magistrate Court but the case was not heard.
The suspect reportedly shot and injured the victim when he asked the victim to give him cash amount of GH¢2000 at a spot popularly called James town located at “assembly man park” at water works, in Tamale.
The suspect and five others are standing trial in connection with the gruesome killing of the female police officer at a checkpoint on the Kumbungu-Tamale road.
They are expected to reappear in court tomorrow.
Addressing the media , the Northern Regional Crime Officer, Supt. Otuo Acheampong, said the victim came to the police when he heard of the arrest of the suspect.
According to him , the suspect was rearrested in the fresh case and will face trial in the two separate cases.
Supt. Acheampong said the suspect will be charged with attempted murder and use of offensive weapon without authority.
“Since attempting murder is an indictable offense , after investigation , we will forward the docket to the Attorney General for their directive,” he said
FACT
The complainant in this case is a wife of the victim Tominu Yussif who lives at Kpanvo a suburb of Tamale with her husband.
The accused person Issahaku Yakubu Kanbo-Naa on the other hand is a tailor who doubles as a chief warrior of Salamba, Tamale.
On May 8, 2018, about 9:00pm, the victim went to a drinking spot popularly called James town located at “assembly man park” at water works.
While there, the accused person came to the drinking spot and started firing an AK 47 rifle into the air.
He finally went and sat with the victim and asked him to give him a sum of GH¢2000. The victim however denied him of his request which led to the accused person shooting him in the left thigh.
A witness called the victim’s wife who went to the scene and rushed the victim to the Tamale teaching hospital for treatment.
A complaint was later lodged with the police where police medical form was issued to the complainant on behalf of the victim.
Doctors retrived a bullet believed to be AK 47 assault rifle from the victim’s thigh.
The accused person who is involved in a murder case and remanded into prison custody, was subsequently identified by the victim.
FROM Eric Kombat, Tamale
