An Accra Circuit has remanded seven suspects, in the killing of the Member of Parliament for Mfantseman, Ekow Quansah Hayford, into police custody.
The suspects are to assist in police investigations into the events of October 8, 2020.
They are to reappear on October 30, 2020.
The seven who have been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, namely, robbery, are; Alhassan Abubakar a.k.a. Abu Fulani, Naziru Fudailu a.k.a. SP and Alhassan Mahama Yahaya a.k.a Mystical Cloud.
The rest are Amadu Osumanu, Adam Alhassan, and one Mohammed.
Brief facts of the case as presented to the court by Chief Inspector Seth Frimpong were that on October 9, this month police received information that armed robbers had mounted barriers at Abeadze-Dominase Mankesim road, robbed their victims and shot some of them.
According to him, among those who were shot happen to be the late MP who was identified after the robbery incident when police got to the crime scene.
He said upon receipt of information, police quickly mobilized men and proceeded to the crime scene but narrowly missed the robbers.
He said at the scene, police saw several vehicles parked on the road with some victims who had sustained various degrees of gunshot wounds with one dead.
Chief Inspt. Frimpong said the body was later identified as the Member of Parliament for Mfantsiman Constituency Ekow Quansah Hayford.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
