{"id":1077406,"date":"2022-05-05T16:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/05\/3-suspects-arrested-on-their-way-to-assassinate-a-politician\/"},"modified":"2022-05-05T16:49:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:49:03","slug":"3-suspects-arrested-on-their-way-to-assassinate-a-politician","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/05\/05\/3-suspects-arrested-on-their-way-to-assassinate-a-politician\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Suspects Arrested On Their Way To Assassinate A Politician"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5710c23c77d74e449de8ba85fbd628bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Police on the Tamale &#8211; Walewale Highway on Wednesday arrested 3 suspects who were on their way to carry out an assassination of a top NPP politician from the North East Region. <\/p>\n<p>The 3, Amadu Alhassan from Tamale, Atito Godstime, and Seidu Ado Bala both Nigerian Nationals were arrested at Kokubila on the Walewale-Tamale Highway. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects were arrested with an AK 47 assault rifle which was fully loaded with ammunitions, a foreign pistol and 5 mobile phones. <\/p>\n<p>Upon interrogations, the suspects denied being armed robbers, but admitted that, they were on a mission to assassinate a big Wig of the ruling New Patriotic Party from the North East Region who they believed was scheduled to use that same road on the same day. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/1799f6216343452782684533120210f1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/e20753a5337f4af2a99aefe548771212\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The suspects were sent to the Northern Regional Police Command for further investigation and were sent to Court to be remanded in to custody. <\/p>\n<p>In Court, the suspects revealed that, they were hired by one Alhaji Shani Mohammed Seidu to kill one of his opponents in the upcoming NPP Regional executive contest. <\/p>\n<p>They further revealed that, Alhaji Shani Mohammed Seidu provided them with the guns and ammunitions to enable them carry out the crime. <\/p>\n<p>A bench warrant was issued by the Court for the immediate arrest of Alhaji Shani Mohammed Seidu to appear and answer questions related to the matter. <\/p>\n<p>The suspects have been remanded in to Police custody to reappear on a different date. <\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: Tawheednews (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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