A soldier identified as Trooper Sherrif Imoro was attacked and killed by yet-to-be apprehended assailants in Ashaiman on March 4, 2023.
The statement signed by the Director General of Public Relations, Brigadier General E. Aggrey-Quashie, stated the official reason for which he was in the area.
“Trooper Sherrif, who is stationed in Sunyani, was in Accra on a Course and had sought permission to visit his parents at Ashaiman where he grew up, but was found in a pool of blood in the early hours of Saturday near the Amania Hotel in Ashaiman.
Unofficial reason of visiting girlfriend:
The unofficial reason for his visit has since led to the arrest of one person as confirmed by Member of Parliament for Ashaiman Constituency, Ernest Henry Norgbey.
He disclosed on March 7 that the Ghana Police Service had arrested a suspected girlfriend of the slain officer.
“As I speak, I think one person has been arrested for questioning, a female who might have had a relationship with the victim, and so they’re doing very well (Police) they’re doing their best to come out with a verdict.
“…that female was assumed to be the victim’s girlfriend. Speculations arise that probably the guy might have been with the lady at the moment the thing happened or he might have left her place at the time the thing happened, and so you know as a security agency, she should have been the prime suspect to be called.
Soldiers conduct swoop in Ashaiman
Some soldiers invaded Ashaiman in the early hours of Tuesday apparently in search of murderers of their young colleague.
Several videos of the incident captured by some residents went viral on social media.
In some of these videos, personnel were seen hitting and brutalising those who were outside of their rooms.
The incident happened on the dawn of Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at Official town in Ashaiman.