Accra, July 19, GNA – The Police administration on Thursday said it was too early to conclude that the recent spate of murders in the country were cases of ‘contract killing’ because motives of the killings had not yet been established.
“Investigation has also not been able to establish or suggest the motives for any of these killings. The result of the investigations would help us classify them appropriately”, Deputy Inspector General in-charge of operations, Dr. Kofi Kesse Marfo said.
Speaking at the press conference on the current spate of murders in the country in Accra, he said the motive for the killings might be varied citing chieftaincy disputes, economic, land, and political reasons as some of the many motives for ‘contract killings’.
Dr. Marfo announced a 20 million cedis (GH 200 Cedis) reward for information that will lead to the arrest of the killers.
The police he said, was doing everything possible to stem the tide of ‘these regrettable incidents’ he said, adding that the police were following some interesting leads to their logical conclusion. Citing the murders of Mr Boateng, former Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Telecom, Mr. Rokko Frimpong, Deputy Managing Director of the Ghana Commercial Bank, Mr Samuel Ennin, Ashanti Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, Nana Brentuo III, Chief of Nyankumasi- Adansi among others, he noted that some suspects in some of the murders had been put before court and were on remand.
He said for security reasons the police could not make public inroads that had been made until investigations were completed.
He mentioned the revamping of community policing activities, intensified patrols, more cordon and searches of known and reported criminal bases, intelligence collection of criminal activities and gangs and increased snap checks as some of the measures being put in place by the police.
Dr. Marfo urged people in communities to come out with their peculiar problems that were potential threats to the peace and tranquillity in those areas.
The Deputy IGP asked the public to report real threats of death and harm to the police without hesitation but was quick to caution that people should not take advantage of the opportunity to make hoax and frivolous calls.
“Person who advertently abuse the facility by sending the police on a wild goose chase would be held for deceit of public officer,” he said.
Source: GhanaWeb
