The Ghana Police Service has announced that one officer has been killed in a robbery incident that occurred at Ahodwo, Nhyiaeso in the Ashanti Region.
The incident happened in the early hours of Thursday, June 27.
The police in a Facebook post disclosed that one suspect had been arrested in connection with the robbery, which took place around 1 am.
The police further revealed that an intelligence operation is underway to apprehend the remaining suspects involved in the incident.
It is reported that the Police Officer, Chief Inspector Jonathan Amoadu was shot at Enyan Maim in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District during a night patrol.
According to the officer, he received a call for assistance from the Accra Anti-Robbery Patrol Team who had come to Mankessim to arrest suspected armed robbers who had committed crimes in Accra and one had sought refuge in Enyan Maim.
The officers proceeded to Enyan Maim to make the arrest, but the suspect could not be found, except for his wife and his two children.
The wife refused to disclose her husband’s whereabouts and warned them to leave the house or else she would call them thieves for people to come for them.
Upon reaching a section of the Community named Block Factory, an old man who was a security man for a block factory appeared and asked them what they wanted from the site.
Chief Inspector Jonathan Amoadu who led the team decided to explain their mission, but the man refused to listen to him.
The security man went back only to return with a single-barreled gun, and as he approached the officers, they took to their heels.
But unfortunately, Chief Inspector Jonathan Amoadu was shot leaving him wounded and in a pool of blood.
He was rushed to the Mankessim Roman Hospital but later transferred to Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for surgery to remove bullets from his body.