Ejisu

A policeman with the Ashanti Regional Police Headquarters has been shot dead by unknown assailants in the Bobiri Forest Reserve at Kubease near Ejisu.

Sergeant Amoah Moses was identified by officers from the Ejisu District Police headquarters, led by DSP Patrick Okai Kodjoe, the District Commander, assisted by ASP Hannah Amoafo, and the District Crime Officer with the Ashanti Regional Crime Scene Management Team led by DSP Francis Nimoh.

It followed a complaint by one Caleb Adu Agyemang, the Assemblyman of Kubease Electoral Area to the effect that a male adult believed to be in his 30s was, on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, found dead at the Forest Reserve.

In his account, the deceased, dressed in a green long-sleeve shirt over khaki trousers and a black boot, was lying unconscious in a supine position in a pool of blood, with a gunshot wound on the right leg below the knee.

A single-barrel gun and a machete were also found beside him. He was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival by a medical officer. The body has since been deposited at the same hospital’s morgue for preservation and autopsy.

Police investigators indicate that efforts are underway to unravel the mystery behind the death of the young policeman.

The government has commenced the rehabilitation of major roads within communities in the Ejisu Municipality in the Ashanti Region a head of the by-elections slated for April 30, 2024.

The government says it is poised to ensuring the completion of the projects as soon as possible.

The Roads and Highways Minister, Francis Asenso Boakye, who led officials of the Ministry to inspect the ongoing projects on Thursday, April 18, however, dismissed assertions that the projects were being done because of the upcoming by-election in the area.

The Minister said the government is undertaking about 32 road infrastructure projects within the Ejisu Municipality which are being carried out by the Urban, Feeder and Highway Departments.

The Minister noted that the contracts were awarded in the past three months when the late Member of Parliament for Ejisu, John Ampontuah Kumah was still alive, reports Citi News.

“Currently, about 32 projects are going on in the municipality, these projects include urban roads, Ghana Highway authority, and Feeder roads projects. I’m satisfied with the work going on, the contractors are some of the best we have.

“I’m confident they will continue to work very hard so that we can complete the project as scheduled. None of these projects was awarded in the last three months. These are not by-election projects, the past three years some of the projects have been going on. The MP who passed on was instrumental in making sure that these projects are designed and constructed. Rest assured; these are not by-election projects; these are normal projects the ministry is implementing.”