The Savannah Regional Police Patrol team has arrested three suspects connected with the murder of a lawyer, Richard Badombia on the Bole-Bamboi highway over the weekend.
The deceased, Badombue was said to be heading for Jirapa with two family members in a Hyundai Accent saloon car when the men immediately shot him after they had stopped him.
“When they got to a section of the road between Banda Nkwanta and Nuoyiri communities, three armed men emerged from the bush and signaled them to stop and while slowing down, one of the robbers shot and killed the driver,” the regional police said.
Police sources indicate that one of the suspects whose name has been withheld is a foreigner and a casual worker at the Bole Cocoa Research Centre.
According to the regional police command they were rounded up in their hideout with two others still on the run.
Following intelligence gathered, the Police patrol team acted swiftly and effected the arrest of the three.
In an interview with the media, the Public Relations Officer of the Savannah Regional Police, Inspector Agyekum Owusu, said they have been able to trace the other criminals and will ensure the rest are apprehended.
“After the incident – that was on the Saturday dawn – the Savannah Regional Command moved to the scene and with the help of the intelligence unit in the Region, we’ve been able to round up some three suspects, who we are profiling to see if they are the actual culprits.
“We have a target of about five suspects. Some people commit crimes and leave some traces and with the help of the intelligence unit, we’ve been able to get the traces,” he said.
Family members who were in transit with the deceased lawyer, Richard Badombia, would line up the suspects in an identification parade this week for identification.
