Nigerian Man Shot Dead By Ghanian Police After Stabbing Police Officer At The Station

After reportedly stabbing some police officers at the Kwabenya Hills Valley police station in Accra, Ghana, a Nigerian man was shot and killed.

The Director-General, Public Affairs of the Ghana Police Service, ACP Kwesi Ofori, said in a statement released on Saturday, January 29, that the suspect, identified as Hakimu, stormed the Police station on Friday, January 28, 2022, and threatened to slay four people who had reported him for fear of their lives.

As the officer and the investigator attempted to defend the victims from the violent individual, he attacked them with a knife, stabbing them numerous times in the head with a sharp knife.

The police shot and killed the suspect seeing that the lives of the Station Officer, the investigator, and the three victims were in immediate danger.

The injured policemen are being treated at the police hospital, while the dead officer’s body has been placed in the police hospital morgue.

“On 21/01/22, Linda Akpor reported a case of threat of death against a Nigerian national now deceased Hakimu Friday who happened to be her co-tenant,” a police report said.

“Case under investigation. Then today, 28/01/22, now deceased Hakimu Friday threatened to kill Ikena Alozi and one Peter, both Nigerians and Richlove Kwabena Ahiavor, a Ghanaian. The three reported the case at Kwabenya Hills Police station.

“Whiles the complainants were with the investigator, D/L/Cpl Albert Azameti at the station the deceased entered the office with a sharp knife and threatened to kill anyone who confronts him.

“The deceased went straight to the station officer, Inspector Osei Yaw, and stabbed him several times on the head and also caused damage to the office furniture. He later turned his attention on the investigator and punched him on the face injuring him as well,”

“Deceased also caused damage to other office and the glass doors and windows. Police in an attempt to immobilize the now deceased whilst trying to flee, he was fired upon and he died whiles being conveyed to hospital. Body deposited at the Police Hospital Morgue. The Kwabenya District Crime Officer has visited the scene to assess the situation.”