A suspect arrested for allegedly shooting policeman

Mohammed Amin Iddrisu

A 22-year-old electrician who allegedly shot a policeman at the Weija Toll Booth seven months ago has finally been apprehended
at his hideout at Kasoa.

The suspect, Mohammed Amin Iddrisu, was in the company of two accomplices when the policeman was shot on September 14,
2014.

Following the incident, the police arrested one of the suspects, David Johnson, 22, a Burkinabe, while Iddrisu and the other accomplice who is yet to be identified fled.

Johnson is currently facing trial.
Police shot Briefing journalists in Accra yesterday, the Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police ( ACP) Mr Timothy Yoosa Bonga, said the policeman had tried tostop the three men, who were on a motorbike, at the Weija Toll Booth, near Kasoa.

He said when the three men failed to stop, the policeman, who was also on a motorbike, became suspicious he cross suspects with his bike.

“Immediately, one of them pulled out a pistol and shot the policeman in his thigh and fled into a nearby bush,” Mr Bonga
said.

One more suspect on the run following the incident, he said, a patrol team in the area pursued the three men and arrested Johnson, but the other two escaped.

Through intelligence, he said, the police gathered that Iddrisu was the main suspect who had shot the policeman.

Iddrisu was eventually arrested on April 13, 2015, while investigations continue to get the third suspect arrested. The policeman, whose identity has been withheld for security reasons, was admitted at the Police Hospital in Accra for some time but he has since recovered and resu duty.