Accra, Feb. 16, GNA – The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Wednesday took over the investigations into a shooting incident at the Castle on Tuesday.
Two people were killed when a soldier belonging to the Presidential detail on standby shot and killed a lady friend of his girlfriend, wounded his girlfriend and allegedly shot himself.
Mr Patrick Eden Timbila, Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of CID operations told the Ghana News Agency in Accra that, the soldier, Lance Corporal Odartey Lamptey who was on standby post used the military weapon assigned to him to commit the act.
He said the girlfriend of Odartey, named as Tina Dakpo, 24 and a resident of Mamprobi who sustained injuries from the gunshot on her chest was in a stable condition at the 37 Military Hospital while her friend Agnes Dufe Yaahya, 22 died from her wounds.
Mr Timbila said the two ladies visited the soldier who upon seeing them opened fire on them and believing that they were both dead, shot himself through the mouth with his weapon.
Investigations by the GNA indicate that on Sunday, Odartey visited Tina’s house at Mamprobi but she was not in so he left some fish for her. Tina was said to have prepared some dish with the fish and called him to eat, which he did.
According to witnesses, Odartey was furious that Tina did not call him on Saint Valentine’s Day but chose to come to him after the celebration.
The investigations also revealed that the two had been in a relationship for about a year and frequently visited each other. Tina had invited Agnes at Abelemkpe to accompany her to Odartey at the Castle.
According to the witness, when Odartey saw the two ladies approaching him he became furious and fired at them. Agnes fell and he fired also in the direction of Tina who had taken to her heels, and he later fired at himself believing that they were both dead. The President was said to be having a meeting at the time of the incident.
Source: GhanaWeb
