Francis Alalemo
A 38-year-old suspect, Francis Alalemo, supposed leader of a gang of land guards who allegedly led four others to open fire on three men in a Land Rover, has been arrested by the Accra Regional Police Command. One person was killed in the attack, while two others were injured at Amanfrom, Adentan.
Alalemo, aka Frankie, according to police reports, was in a land litigation with one Kwame Ofori and one of the victims who sustained gunshot wounds, on April 25, 2014, leading to the death of Angbanga Yakubu, a labourer.
Two of his accomplices, Enoch Koney and Bright Ashong, were immediately arrested after the attack and are now standing trial at the court while Isaac Koney Bibio and Francis Adjei Lomo are currently on the run.
Alalemo went into hiding after being declared wanted but luck eluded him when the police finally apprehended him at Krodua Bawdwiase in the Central Region yesterday morning upon a tipoff.
Items retrieved from him included a Kia Sorento 4×4 vehicle with registration number GR 7520 – 13 allegedly used in committing the act and another VW Golf Saloon car with registration number GN 7869 – Y.
Briefing the media, ACP Timothy Yoosa Bonga, the Deputy Accra Regional Police Commander, recalled that Alalemo, together with the four others, on board the Kia Sorento 4×4 vehicle, crossed and opened fire on three men, on board a Land Rover vehicle, leading to the death of one person.
Two others also on board the vehicle sustained gunshot wounds in the process.
Police preliminary investigations led to the arrest of Enoch Koney and Bright Ashong, who were arraigned before court and presently on remand.
Alalemo, upon hearing the news of the arrested accomplices, went into hiding and was never seen until yesterday when he was apprehended.
Upon interrogation, Alalemo told the police that the pump action gun they used was given to one Red for safe keeping.
Efforts are being made to retrieve the pump action gun from the said Red.
ACP Bonga appealed to the public to volunteer information that will lead to the arrest of the other accomplices.
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By Linda Tenyah
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