Manhunt for 7 Kwabenya police station escapees begins
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The Police have begun a manhunt for some seven suspects who were freed from police custody by a group of armed robbers on Sunday dawn.
“The Accra Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for seven (7) suspects who escaped from the Kwabenya Police cells this dawn, Sunday 21st January 2018 together with some armed men who facilitated their escape” a statement issued and signed by the Greater Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Efia Tenge, had said .
A Police officer has died after he was shot when a gang stormed the Kwabenya District Police headquarters to free suspected armed robbers who were in custody.
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According to the statement, the suspects were six Ghanaians and a Nigerian.
- Dickson Ofori, Ghanaian, 24 years
- Chibuzor Akwabu, Nigerian, 34 years
- Edem Rockson, Ghanaian, 32 years
- Prince Osei, Ghanaian, 27 years
- Emmanel Kotey, Ghanaian, 21 years
- Kofi Darko, Ghanaian, 21 years
- Attah Kwadwo, Ghanaian, 20 years
The Greater Regional Police Command has called on the public to volunteer useful information that will help in the arrest of the escapees.
Meanwhile, the suspected armed robbers who carried out the nefarious act are at large.