The prime suspect, Kwame Ato Asare, alias Kwame Ani, has been arrested along with three others in connection with the March 9, 2023 attack on the Axim District Police patrol team.
This brings the total number of suspects arrested in connection with the crime to eight.
Following the attack on the patrol team, Kwame Ato Asare and the three other suspects, Williams Kwofie, Richard Kwesi, and Emmanuel Kojo Bronie, who were on the police radar, went into hiding.
On April 21, 2023, they were apprehended in a village near Enchi in the Western North Region.
While in hiding, Kwame Ato Asare made extortion claims against the Axim District Police Commander, the Crime Officer, and other police officers in the district in a number of media interviews. The Police Professional Standards Bureau (PPSB) is currently looking into these claims.
In a statement, police said that Kwame Ato Asare’s arrest is “expected to assist in the investigation into the said allegations and any Police officer found culpable will be put through the due process to be sanctioned in accordance with the laws of the country.”
