Police Chase Another Suspect In Ashaiman Soldier’s Case

The police are on a manhunt for another suspect in connection with the death of Sheriff Imoro.

The soldier was killed at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region.

According to the police, they are collaborating with other institutions to arrest the suspect who is critical to the case.

Prosecutor, Superintendent Sylvester Asare told the Ashaiman Circuit Court presided over by Simon J. Gaga where the accused persons are standing trial for conspiracy to commit crime to wit attempted robbery and robbery.

The Court has once again denied bail to six suspects picked up in connection with the murder of Trooper Sherrif at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman on March 4.

According to the prosecutor, granting the accused person bail will impede and interfere with investigations.

Earlier on the same day Monday, March 27, 2023, the Tema District Court also denied bail to the two main accused persons, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper and Abubakar Sadick alias Birdman when they appeared on a charge of conspiracy to commit murder and murder.

The Tema District Magistrate Court Presided over by Benedicta Antwi remanded the accused persons after Superintendent Sylvester Asare told the court that a duplicate docket was ready and had been forwarded to the office of the Attorney General for study and advice.

He mentioned that the case is still under the circumstances and prayed the court remand the accused persons in police custody.

The Magistrate, Benedicta Antwi granted the prayer and remanded the accused persons to reappear on April 11, 2023

It would be recalled that the Police after a week of sustained intelligence-led operations have arrested six persons at different dates and various locations within Ashiaman and its environs for their suspected involvement in the murder of Imoro Sherrif, a soldier.

On March 4, Police received information that a male adult had been found lying dead at Ashiaman Taifa in the Greater Accra Region.

A team of Police officers proceeded to the said location and confirmed the incident.

Police immediately commenced an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of the victim.
The officers cordoned off the scene and called in the specialist, the Police Crime Scene team to process the scene for forensic analysis.

The Crime Scene Team retrieved a number of items, including a knife with blood stains on it and a backpack. In the backpack, Police found a Samsung tablet, an Apple laptop, a military uniform with the name tag “Imoro”, eight other items of clothing, as well as a Ghana card and a Health Insurance card bearing the name Imoro Sherrif.

Judging from the contents of the backpack, the police suspected the victim could be a soldier, and in line with Police standard operating procedure for handling institution-based victims, the Military was accordingly notified of the incident and some military personnel came to identify the deceased to Police as Imoro Sheriff, a soldier.

The body of the deceased was thereafter conveyed to a hospital for preservation and autopsy.