Police Offer GHS10,000 Bounty For Mankessim Cop Killers

Police have announced a GHS10,000 reward for information that will lead to the arrest of suspected robbers who killed one of their officers at Mankessim in the Central Region.

The incident occurred around 4:30 am on Wednesday.

The officer, who was not on duty, was found with gunshot wounds at about 200 metres away from a nearby crime scene.

At a fuel station at Mankessim, police responding to a distress call engaged in a gun battle with the robbers.

This resulted in two other officers being wounded.

But the gun battle that ensued forced the robbers to flee.

The police in a statement said, “investigation is ongoing to establish the facts of events leading to the death and injury.”

The deceased officer has been identified as Lance Corporal Kingsley Boahene.

Find below the full statement

---citinewsroom