Reports that a police officer by name Constable David Gbati was shot dead by a senior officer after an argument, has been denied with revelations that the shooter, minutes before the incident, had rather drank a concussion believed to be a mixture of weed and alcohol.
A voice note of another officer who claimed knowledge of the incident, shortly, after the senior officer took the substance named “Laka”, ASP Frank Nsiah, became high and started acting abnormally, including threatening to shoot and kill his subordinates with whom he was in a police vehicle with on their way to an operation.
ASP Frank Nsiah, who sat in front of the car, according to the voice note threatened to shoot and kill the driver.
Constable David Gbati who was in the bucket of the police operation vehicle was said to have gotten down and walked to the front of the car, but was immediately shot by the ASP upon seeing him.
The driver of the vehicle was said to have engaged the senior officer in a scuffle and managed to disarm him but got bitten in the process when his middle finger ended up in the mouth of the senior officer who had wanted to kill him also.
The police officers were said to be on their way to Awaso in the Bibiani-Anhwiaso-Bekwai Municipality in the Western North Region on Friday night when the incident occurred.
ASP Frank Nsiah, is said to be the head of the Western North Regional Police Intelligence Unit (PIU). Other reports by news.com were that he was under the influence of alcohol.
He, then, picked an argument with his subordinates in the Ghana Police Service vehicle, resulting in the shooting of Constable Gbati.
The body of the deceased officer, has been deposited at the Sefwi Wiawso Government Hospital morgue, while ASP Frank Nsiah, has been detained at the Sefwi Bekwai Police Station for further investigations.
On Saturday, the Ghana Police Service, announced that it had arrested a senior police officer who allegedly shot and killed a police constable at Bibiani in the Western North Region on Friday, May 5, 2023.
According to the police, the senior police officer is in its custody and has commenced an investigation into events that led to the shooting.
The police in a statement issued on Saturday, May 6, 2023, indicated that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), George Akufo-Dampare, has dispatched two teams: one to look into the matter and the other to commiserate with the family of the deceased police officer.
“Police have commenced investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a Police Constable in the Western North Region on 5th May 2023. The Constable met his untimely death when he was allegedly shot by one of his senior colleagues of the Western North Regional Police Command when they were returning from an operation last night. The victim was rushed to the hospital for medical attention but unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on arrival.
“Immediately after the incident occurred, the Inspector-General of Police dispatched a team which left Accra last night and arrived in the Region in the early hours of today to assess the situation and interact with the personnel. The team was led by Commissioner of Police Mrs Habiba Twumasi Sarpong, Director-General/Welfare.
“The Inspector-General of Police this morning dispatched another team of Police Management Board members led by Commissioner of Police Mr Christian Tetteh Yohuno, Director-General/Administration, to visit the family of the deceased and formally notify them of his passing, commiserate with them and also assure them of a thorough investigation into the incident,” parts of the statement by the police read.
