Detailed accounts obtained by The Chronicle from a reliable police source have revealed how the former Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo, was allegedly shot in Accra.
According to the source, police personnel on duty at Kristo Asafo SHS, at Awoshie, a suburb of Accra, received a distress call from the house of Tamakloe Safo Jehoshaphat, who is also known as Akofena, at Kwabenya.
The law enforcers then proceeded to house number P825, Sebe Drive. When the police personnel arrived, they discovered that a ceremony was being held in the house by Nana Akofena.Police gathered at the scene, after which Honourable Adwoa Safoa came around and requested to be granted access to the house, but she was denied.
Instead some gun men reportedly shot and injured her in the process. She was hurriedly rushed to the hospital for treatment.
The police also saw gunshot marks on her vehicle. It was alleged that security men in the house, wielding pump action guns, opened fire indiscriminately and allegedly injured Adwoa Safoa in the process.
According to the police source, the armed men, led by Nana Akofena, were disarmed and arrested. They were later sent to the Police Headquarters for further investigations.
A search conducted by the police in one of the cars revealed five (5) pump action guns, one Taurus pistol loaded with seven (7) 9mm ammunition and a spare magazine also loaded with five (5) rounds of 9mm ammunitions.
The suspects, together with the exhibits, were reportedly sent to the Police Headquarters for investigations.
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