Homecoming murder; Police arrest 2 suspects

The Accra Regional Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of the late Charles Opoku Mensah, the man who took part in the July 23 to 26 'Homecoming Summit and was murdered at Anwomaso near Kumasi on July 26, 2001.

The suspects are Mallam Ibrahim 23, a butcher from Navrongo and Emmanuel Vanderpuye 20, a fisherman/boxer from James-Town, Accra.


The arrests followed a tip-off that the gang, which conducted the robbery and murder of the late Opoku Mensah was in Accra.


A statement issued by the Accra Regional Police Commander, Dr K.K. Manfo, said the police arrested four members of the gang.


They all denied knowledge of the offence but in the process of sending the suspects to Kumasi where the offence occurred to be identified the police learnt that the members of the family of the victim who witnessed the robbery were in the Accra.

Consequently, an identification parade was held and out of 12 persons, one was identified by one of the children, of the deceased and another by a 12-year old boy.


Both were subsequently identified by the widow aged 36.


Charles Opoku Mensah who was driving home from town on that fateful night was trailed by the robbers to his home where they attempted to take away his brand new Mercedes Benz car. He resisted and threw away the car keys. In their frustration, the robbers numbering about ten beat him up and hit his head with an iron bar resulting in his death.