The Ghana Police Service has commenced an investigation into the death of a prison officer at Kasoa Iron City in the Central Region.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Prisons Service Supt. Adamu Latif Abdul disclosed this in an interview with Accra-based Citi News.
Mr Abdul said there is ongoing collaboration with the Police to bring the perpetrators to book.
“We heard on October 1 that one of our officers was unfortunately lynched at Kasoa. That is the information we have gathered so far. The police have commenced investigations into the whole issue.
“We have gathered that he went to visit his mother, and he went out to attend to some issues and the incident happened. Days later when he didn’t return the mother reported to the police,” he said.
The officer, stationed at Nsawam Maximum Prison, Gideon Adu Boakye, was stabbed to death by unknown persons over the weekend.
The deceased according to his brother, Eric Akoto was visiting his parents when the tragic incident happened.
The body of the deceased was discovered in a gutter, near Hope of Restoration School, near Red Ball.
Mr Abdul noted the Service is waiting on the Police to find out what actually happened.
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