A policeman in the company of three Community Police Assistants (CPAs) were on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, given the beatings of their lives in their attempt to arrest a suspect at Akrofuom near Obuasi in the Ashanti Region.
The security officers have been left with varying degrees of injuries and are currently on admission at the Obuasi Government Hospital with one said to be battling for his life.
MyNewsGh.com gathered that a 62-year-old had earlier reported a case of threat of harm by the suspect identified as Sibuba to the police and was leading them to his house near the DCE's bungalow.
On reaching the house of the suspect, the complainant pointed him out to the Police to be arrested but suspect Sibuba pleaded with the police to allow him to inform his family about his arrest and was allowed to make a phone call A few minutes later, a mob numbering about 50 with various life-threatening objects attacked and beat the officers mercilessly.
