Ex-convict shoots policeman on guard

Agona Swedru, Aug. 13, GNA- Lance Corporal (L/Cpl) Joseph Addowa of the Agona Swedru police station on guard at the Swedru branch of the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), was on Tuesday night shot and wounded by an ex-convict policeman. A source close to the Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that L/Cpl. Addowa, who was shot by L/Cpl. Alidu Fuseini, was rushed to the Agona Swedru Government Hospital and later transferred to the Police Hospital in Accra for further treatment.

According to the source, Corporal Adowa saw the ex-convict in uniform thinking that, he (Fuseini) had been re-instated into the Ghana Police Service.

L/Cpl Addowa saw L/Cpl. Fuseini, together with another person in civilian attire, scaled the wall at the back of the bank. It said on seeing his former colleague in uniform, L/Cpl Addowa started drawing closer to him. The source said as soon as Corporal Addowa stretched his right hand to shake and welcome his colleague, the suspect shot the hand, chest and left leg. The source said the suspect struggled with L/Cpl Addowa, took away his AK 47 rifle and bolted. According to the source, when Police officers from the Swedru Divisional Command went to the crime scene, they found seven shells on the ground, two sharp cutlasses and a mask. The source indicated that at about 1800 hours, the suspect went to the Swedru District Police Station and asked for the where about of L/Cpl Addowa.

The source said when the suspect went to the Ghana Commercial Bank and searched for L/Cpl Addowa, he was told by the private security on duty that he had gone to buy food. It said L/Cpl Fuseini was convicted and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for stealing an AK 47 Assault Rifle in Accra. According to the source, he was dismissed from the Ghana Police Service and subsequently sentenced to 10 years jail term at the Nsawam Prisons. The source explained that Fuseini appealed against his sentence after serving six years and his application was upheld.