By Erica Apeatua Addo, GNA
Tarkwa (W/R), April 29, GNA – The Western Central Regional Police Command has denied reports circulating in sections of the media alleging that suspects arrested in connection with the murder of Mr Andrews Amankwah at Owhim Tigo Junction in Kumasi have escaped from lawful custody.
According to the Command, the publication is false and misleading and should be disregarded by the public.
This was contained in a press statement signed by Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Beatrice Turkson, Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Western Central Regional Police Command, Tarkwa, and copied to the Ghana News Agency.
The statement said the accused persons – Kojo Amponsah, alias Kamakazie; Emmanuel Appiah, alias Taller; and Tanko Bashiru, alias TK – have been put before court and remanded into prison custody at the Tarkwa Local Prison.
It said the suspects are expected to reappear before the court on May 7, 2026.
According to the statement, a team from the Regional Command visited the accused persons at the Tarkwa Local Prison on Monday, April 27, 2026, and confirmed that they were all still in lawful custody.
The Command cautioned the public against the creation and circulation of false information capable of causing fear and panic or undermining public confidence, stressing that such acts could lead to arrest and prosecution under the laws of Ghana.
It would be recalled that on February 22 and 26, 2026, the Police, through intelligence-led operations, arrested the three suspects from their various hideouts in Kumasi in connection with the murder, as well as a series of suspected car theft cases, including incidents reported in Tarkwa.
GNA
Edited by Justina Hilda Paaga/Lydia Kukua Asamoah
Reporter: Erica Apeatua Addo
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