Sadat Mohammed
SADAT MOHAMMED aka Alhaji—the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of the
Otumfuo’s Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduo—has been
remanded in police custody.
Police
investigators hauled him to the Asokore Mampong District Court after he was
captured and brought to Kumasi last week to seek proper custody for him whilst
investigation continues.
The suspect is expected to
reappear before the same court on October 8, 2019—a police
source has informed DAILY GUIDE on strict condition of anonymity.
The
source told the paper that the plea of the suspected killer was not taken,
explaining that he (suspect) was only taken to court for
permit to remain in police custody.
The
police indicated to the court that they needed ‘enough time’ to gather more
pieces of evidence before the hearing of the case would officially commence in
court.
And
since it was unlawful to detain the suspect in police custody after 48 hours of
his arrest, the police decided to send him to court to seek proper custody for
him.
Burkina Arrest
Sadat,
who was said to be a friend of the late Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduo, vanished into
thin air after the chief was found dead in his car at Ebuom on the outskirts of
Ejura.
The
Ashanti Regional Police Command after preliminary investigations became
convinced that Sadat had a hand in the gruesome killing of the chief so they
declared him wanted.
All
efforts by the police to arrest Sadat proved futile for some weeks, but he was
eventually captured in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where he was hiding and had
reportedly planned to settle down.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command, with the assistance of Interpol Ghana and Burkina Faso, teamed up to arrest the suspect.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi
