KILLED! Mark Ofori
The
police in the Western Region have arrested a man believed to be in his late 30s
who is allegedly linked to the murder of the Takoradi Constituency Treasurer of
the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mark Ofori.
Anthony
Mensah, an alleged gun supplier at Amanful, a suburb of Takoradi, is believed
to have supplied the gun that was allegedly used in the gruesome murder of the
NPP treasurer.
It
would be recalled that the assailant who killed the treasurer left behind the
weapon suspected to have been used in the heinous crime.
The
police, during their investigations, have been able to trace the supplier of
the gun and arrested him from his hideout at Amanful. It was done by a night
patrol team of the Regional Police Command at about 8pm on Sunday.
A
source at the Regional Police Command confirmed to DAILY GUIDE that Anthony
Mensah who was arrested upon a tip-off attempted to escape when he saw the
patrol team approaching his vicinity.
“We
gathered that the suspect was found fetching water from his residence at
Amanful but when he saw the police approaching, he immediately removed his
clothes in an attempt to escape arrest,” the source noted.
The
source indicated that the arrest of Anthony Mensah could help unravel the
mystery surrounding the unfortunate death of Mr. Ofori.
On
Wednesday, October 30, the whole of Takoradi was thrown into a state of shock
when Mr. Ofori was found shot dead at his residence at Fijai in the
Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis.
The assailant reportedly went straight to the victim’s bedroom and shot him in the chest, killing him instantly. Preliminary checks showed that the suspect did not take anything from the house.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi
