The Savannah Regional Police Command has arrested one suspect linked to the robbery and alleged murder of a mobile money vendor, Benjamin Apuri and one other victim at Pwalugu in the Upper East Region.
The suspect was arrested at Mankarigu, a suburb of the North Gonja district of the Savannah Region.
The Savannah Regional Police Commander, COP Samuel Winful, during a press briefing in Damongo, said his outfit acted through intelligence-led operations, leading to the arrest of the suspect, Nuhu Mumuni, from his hideout at Mankarigu. "The suspect, Nuhu Mumuni, who was on the wanted list of the Upper East Region police, was arrested on the 8th April, 2025, at his hideout at Mankarigu in the Savannah Region by the operational team, COP Winful said.
It would be recalled that on March 3rd, 2015, the victim, Benjamin Apuri, a mobile money agent at Pwalugu, was shot to death, with an unspecified amount of money taken by the robbers.
