Serious doubts are clouding the credibility of police investigations into the gruesome murder of Eric Johnson, the Chief Executive Officer of Royal Cosy Hotel Limited, popularly known as Jirapa Dubai, following revelations about questionable forensic practices by the police.
Central to the controversy is the decision by the prosecution to rely on forensic analysis conducted outside the official Police Forensic Laboratory.
Instead, the analysis was carried out by a retired police officer, Superintendent Isaac Okrah, under a privately unknown entity, "Forensic Yard." This move has sparked concerns about the integrity, legality, and reliability of the forensic evidence being used in the high-profile case.
The first accused, Elisha Mahama Akpanyichie, in his witness statement to the High Court in Wa, strongly contested the credibility of the forensic findings.
