A police officer, who was guarding a bullion van reportedly shot and killed the bullion driver by accident at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern region Saturday morning.
Eyewitnesses said the bullion van driver met a rowdy funeral procession on the main Odumase Krobo road on Saturday, July 21, 2018.
They said the police officer, who was guarding the bullion van, in an attempt to restore order for the van to drive through the noisy funeral procession, fired warning shots.
The incident happened around 12:30pm at Manya Kpongnor, a suburb of Odumase- Krobo in the Eastern Region.
The police officer, identified as Constable Amidu Osman was returning from Akosombo to Koforidua on Specie duty on board Nissan Bullion van with registration number GN 1630-12.
On reaching Manya Kpongnor, a group of mourners reportedly blocked the road with a coffin which contained a dead body.
In an attempt to open up the road, the police officer started firing warning shots into the air.
In the process, Constable Amidu accidentally shot and killed the Bullion driver, whose name is not yet known.
He died instantly, according to eyewitnesses.
The body has been deposited at the Atua Government Hospital for preservation and autopsy.
The Police officer according to police sources is currently assisting police with investigations.
Source: Graphic.com
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With today's level of technology, videos could be fitted to guns. It is no longer too far fetched for police actions to be filmed by their own guns. Thant could lay to rest many doubts.
I weep for my beloved country. What at all is going on in Ghana? The senseless beatings and killings of defenceless civilians by our security forces must stop! There are too much indiscipline and lawlessness.
The police administration will cover up for him once there is no video to show how he killed the driver if he was giving a warning shot in the air how can it kill a driver who is not in the air but standing by his van or in his van. Nkwantabisa you are right they are party foot soldiers of the 2 main parties NDC and NPP
Hmmmmmmmmm. What at all is happening in this country. Our police officers who are supposed to be protecting us are rather destroying us. If care is not taken there will be total chaos in this country. Our leaders must wake up. The situation is so alarming. How on earth should a police escort kill the very person he was protecting under the excuse of accident. These days we don't even hear our untrained hunters misfiring and killing human beings in the forest by accident. The unprofessional behavior of our police force is manifesting in every sphere of our lives including leaking their own confidential correspondence.
@ NKWANTABISA, thank you. I was thinking about the same thing yesterday.
This is the Hour and moment of Truth. When you throw a Stone to the Wall, it comes back to hit you. I blame this unprofessional Policing on NDC and NPP Politicians. Who used their so-called unholy Protocol to push their uncivilized and uneducated Foot-Soldiers To Public Institutions like the: Military, Police, Fire Service, Immigration Customs etc, etc. I think the best solution is, all this Service personnel need to go back to Training. To learn everything all over again, to avoid future calamity like this. If not, the worse and unexpected is yet to come. Mark my word.