The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has apprehended the suspect in the centre of the shooting incident at Kwabenakwa in the Obuasi East Municipality in which six persons sustained various degrees of injuries.
The suspect, identified as Joseph Antwi, alias Kofi Koo, 32, was arrested at Kwabenakwa Police Barrier on October 17, 2025 by policemen on duty at the barrier, when he (Kofi Koo) was trying to escape.
The Police had earlier secured an arrest warrant from the Obuasi Magistrate Court and had declared the suspect wanted.
Since the incident, police personnel had been charged by the Regional Commander, ACP/Mr. Joseph Hammond Nyaaba, to make every effort to apprehend the suspect to face justice.
A Press statement signed by ACP Nyaaba, indicated that on October 14, 2025 the Kwabenakwa Police received information that one Kofi Koo had fired gunshots at Kwabenakwa lorry station, injuring six people in the process.
The victims, who were rushed to various hospitals in the Obuasi municipality were Karatina Boateng, 20 and her one-year-old baby boy; Ibrahim Rean; Samuel Agyaben, 37; Maxwell Nyarko, 20; Achiaa Mensah, 28 and Mallam, 24 years.
All victims who suffered various degrees of injuries were treated and discharged on the same day, except Karatina and her baby, who were referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) for further medical attention.
The suspect, Joseph Antwi, on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 was arraigned before court on the preliminary charge of causing harm, contrary to Section 69 Criminal and Other Offences Act 29/60 and was remanded in prison custody to re-appear on November 4, 2025 pending further investigations.
From Oswald P. Freiku, Kumasi
