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Clarifying the Issues Surrounding the Incident Involving Martin Kpebu. By Sammy Darko Director-SRC OSP   1. A Pattern of Misconduct This is not the first—or even the second—time Mr. Kpebu has acted improperly toward OSP security personnel in the discharge of their lawful duties. After each incident, he publicly presents a completely different version of events. Having monitored his conduct for some time, it became clear that unless his interactions were recorded, he would misrepresent the facts. A notable example is his false claim that there were 16 petitions calling for the removal of the Special Prosecutor. When confronted by KSM on his show, he admitted that he merely repeated what he heard someone say on Newsfile, without verifying it. It is concerning that a lawyer would make such a statement without checking the facts.   2. The Investigation Is Separate From His Allegations The confrontation at the OSP has nothing to do with the ongoing inquiry into the unsubstantiated ...

Court Jails 2 Police Officers for Trafficking Narcotics in Police Pick-Up Vehicle.  A Circuit Court in T ema has sentenced two police officers to 13 years in jail for unlawful possession of narcotics and conspiracy to traffic narcotics.   The court presided over by, Her Lordship  Aleanor Kakra Barnes Botchway found Assistant Superintendent of Police Nasiru Amadu   and corporal Emmanuel Mintah guilty after almost 4 years of trial.  Facts of the case:  Prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ernest Kuofie said in 2023, a police officer at the Afienya district police made a complaint about the activities of the two police officers .  The accused person, Amadu, 48 years old was the second in command  at Sakumono District Police Headquarters with Mintah. He said Mintah, aged 43, was working under him at the station as a service driver on November 19. The complainant was performing snap check duty when they picked up intelligence ...

A 40-Year-Old Man stabbed to death over Ghc180.00 in Berekum . Suspect Owusu Taah aka Angoro  A man believes to be in his 40 years have been stabbed by his friend to death in Berekum East Municipal of the Bono region . The suspect Owusu Taah aka Angoro stabbed his close friend over a debt of Ghc 30.00 own him which the deceased by name Bright has refused to pay back. Speaking to the Assembly Man of Awrempe Electoral Area, Hon. Yamoah explained that, nobody can rightly know the reason why the deceased was stabbed but the information that was given to him by some residents indicates that, the suspect got hi money which was Ghc180.00 missing and suspected the victim and another person stole the money hence he let the police arrested them and later agree to settle the money. He said, since then the deceased only settled the suspect with Ghc 50.00 and has been chasing him for the rest of the money which is Ghc 30.00 which the deceased has failed to do so which he believes led to this d...

25-Year-Old Young Man Electrocuted in Berekum . A suspected thief by the name Oboshie in his 25 years has been electrocuted at Berekum Nyamebekyere in the Berekum East Municipal of the Bono region . According to eye-witnesses, the suspected thief's lifeless body was found on the food vendor metal container as he attempted to steal from the container of the vendor who operates in a metal container. His death attracted a crowd of the Berekum people to the scene on the street of Nyamebekyere as everyone wants to catch a glimpse of the deceased over the incident of frequent robbery attacks and stealing in the Municipality. The residents have called on the youth to desists from such criminal acts to avoid this kind of death. The Assembly Woman for Berekum Nyamebekyere Electoral Area Hon. Veronica Benewaa explained that, the reports of household stealing has been too much in Berekum therefore advised the youth to stop such an attitude. Some of the residents also shared their feelin...

Three Nigerian Nationals Convicted for Car Theft in Kumasi. Source: Alrich24newsgh.blogspot.com

Family of the Late 7 Year-Old Jenissi Afena Who Died Through Stampede at School Graduation Day Seek Justice. The Family of the late 7-year-old Jenisi Afena Amponsah, a class 3 pupil of the Golden Child Academy School who died through a stampede during the school's graduation ceremony on 29th July, 2025 in the Berekum East Municipal of the Bono region are seeking justice for their deceased child. Speaking to the media in a press conference in Berekum, the family head, Mr Kofi Kyeremeh expressed shock of the state of neglect their deceased child former school authorities rendered to the family for refusing to show up during the final burial service of their late child indicates that, the owner of the school has no sign of remorse of the death of their child. He said, the school authorities should have been with them in the burial and other funeral arrangements but the school authorities neglected the family in all the funeral arrangements of their late child during her burial. He sai...

A 40-Year-Old Man Shots Himself and His 9-Year-Old Daughter to Death. A 40-year-old man Gedeon Kwasi Yeboah has shot himself and his 9-year-old daughter Oliver Yeboah to death a Kato in the Berekum East Municipal of the Bono region. According to the deceased mother she explained that, the wife of the deceased has sperated their marital relationship and has abandoned the man leaving him to cater for his two children which he couldn't withstand the pain has taken his life and that of the his daughter. The body of the two deceased has since been deposited at the morgue of the Holy Family Hospital while police continues with the investigations to ascertain the cause of such a horrible incident. Speaking to the Assembly man of Kato electoral area, Hon. Ofori Darko explained that, such an action has never happened in the Kato community and the incident has shocked everyone. Story by Opamago Paparichy/Alrich14newsgh.blogspot.com

Trucks Loaded With Cooking Oil Impounded by the National Security in Kumasi. The National Security operatives has impounded three (3) articulator trucks fully  loaded with thousands of gallons of cooking oils in Kumasi in the Ashanti region. Upon a tip off that the National security was able to trace the three vehicles and impounded them. The trucks involved are with the registration numbers of Nigerian, T-8082L, Ghana's, AS 3885-09, Burkina BN 8878. The Head of Special Monitoring and Intelligence Team at the National Security, Hajia Rashida Mahama, stated that her team monitored the trucks from Accra to Kumasi for the past 4-days upon a tip off. She said, for the total number 6,688 gallons of the oil, the agent only paid duties for only 4,320, thereby smuggling the rest totalling 2,368 quantities. He said, the agent initially said the goods were been transporting to the Ivory Coast but the trucks diverted their way to Kumasi for delivery instead of the original route. “I will make...

Watch video: Chairman Wontumi's Arrest Bail Conditions Secured. At long last, Hon. Bryan Achampong has secured sureties for the NPP Ashanti regional chairman Benard Antwi Bosiako aka Chairman Wontumi who arrested by EOCO within the week. Bryan Achampong role has bring to an end the detention wontumi gone through for his release and has been helpful to file documents beyond the stipulated amount of Ghc50 million bail conditions. According to his lawyer Hon. Andy Appiah Kubi, Chairman Wontumi was rescued by Hon. Bryan Achampong. Watch video here: Though the conditions has been met yet he will still be behind bars over the weekend till all the process are concluded in the coming week. Source: Alrich24newsgh.blogspot.com

 EASTERN NORTH POLICE COMMAND  ARRESTS THREE SUSPECTS WITH 85 MAXI BAGS OF SUSPECTED INDIAN HEMP, WEIGHT 3999.1KG  IN THE AFRAM RIVER. The Eastern North Police Command has arrested three suspects for the unlawful possession of  contraband goods at Asuboni Ddumase in the Kwahu South municipality of the Eastern region.  The Eastern North Police Command, through special operation, has arrested three suspects, namely Confidence Amenuveve - 21, Michael Akuwaku- 17, and Abraham Adonu - 22 years for the possession of Indian hemp with total weight of 3999.1kg That's eighty-five maxi bags, one pump action gun, and two outboard motors from the suspects were retreived.  Upon interrogation by police, the suspects claimed to be waiting for a person named Felix who is believed to be their leader.   The suspects are currently in police custody, assisting ongoing investigation.  Source: Alrich24newsgh.blogspot.com

Bono Regional Minister Wage War into an Emerging Berekum-Benkasa Galamsey Activities. The fight against galamsey activities is gradually seeing the momentum it deserves in the Bono region as all efforts to eradicate the canker is yielding results  The Berekum Traditional Council together with the Municipal and District Security Council of both Berekum East and West as well as the two Members of Parliament for both constituencies respectively,visited the galamsey site over the weekend.They expressed their dissatisfaction about the preparation works of galamsey invaders at Berekum-Benkasa. The Bono Regional Minister, Hon. Joseph Akoboah Addae has assured that, the attention of the Bono Regional security council has been drawn to the galamsey activities at Benkasa and his team is ready to undertake an operation to destroy every equipment at the galamsey site. They therefore threatened the owners of the site to prepare to evacuate everything from the place. Hon. Joseph Akoboah Addae ag...

Sky Train Saga: Former Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund CEO who made $2m payment for Sky trains Hiding in Senegal - AG The Attornèy General and Minister of Justice, Dr. Dominic Ayine has said that the main suspect who allegedly made a payment of two million dollars to AI Sky Train, Mr Solomon Asamoa who was the Chief Executive Office of the Ghana Infrastructure Investment Fund(GIIF) is  hiding in Senegal.   According to Dr. Ayine, the former CEO was originally hiding in the South Africa and upon hearing that Ghana's Security was after him, he quickly moved to Senegal where he has been contacted and has promised to be in Ghana in April 2025. Currently, the entire former Board of Directors of GIIF, which was chaired by Professor Christopher Amryaw Akumfi, is being investigated by Ghana's National Investition  Bereua. It is based  on this revelation by the Attorney General that certain security experts have  suggested that, now that the security has been able t...

Black Market Money Exchanger Shot Dead at Nkrankwanta. A 33 year-old young man Jafet who operate as a black market money exchanger has been shot dead at Nkrankwanta in the Dormaa West District of the Bono region. Eye witnesses explained that, Jafet who has been operating this business for many years was shot dead by two masked armed men with a motor bike at the Nkrankwanta lorry station bolting away with his money and at the time he was shot, he struggled with the armed men inside his shop to prevent them from stealing his money.  According to the report, he has usually been operating this business especially during the cashew seasons where he do exchange money for cashew buyers from Ivory Coast and Ghana who wants to exchange CFA into Ghana cedis and the vice versa. The incident happened in the evening of Tuesday 18th February,  2025 after Jafet has closed from his business and the armed men shot him and was pronounced dead at the Nkrankwanta government hospital. The deceased...

A vendor at her Mobile Money Shop shot dead at Krofrom. A young lady by name, Patricia in her early thirties identify was shot by armed robbers at Krofrom a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. The information gathered has it that, she was transacting business at her mobile money vendors shop where the tragic incident occured. The incident happened on Thursday February 13, 2025 at 3:00 pm afternoon at the vendors shop located at Krofrom. An eyewitness said, the robbers appeared from behind her shop with a gun and demanded the release of her money which to them she resisted. "The robbers shot her two times and made away with her money. She was quickly rushed to Manhyia hospital and where she was pronounced dead. He said; Source: Alrich24newsgh.blogspot.com

20-year-old man confesses to beheading his younger brother in Ejisu Municipality. A 20-year-old man has killed his 8-year-old brother, Messiah Akomeah in a bush near Kwamo in the Ejisu Municipality of the Ashanti Region. After the gruesome act, Samuel Obeng, returned home to inform his uncle about the murder. He claimed a spirit possessed him to manipulate his brother to follow him to the remote location, where he was killed and tried to dispose of the body. The almost decapitated body of the boy has since been found and deposited at the mortuary. According to reports, the heartbreaking tragedy occurred in a remote area about 45 45-minute walk from the Kwamo Township. Samuel Obeng allegedly lured his younger brother, Messiah, into the bush, where he carried out the murder, first slitting his throat with a kitchen knife before finishing the horrific act with a dagger. Samuel in shock dragged his brother’s lifeless body into a nearby pond in the bush, seemingly in an attempt to dispose o...

40 YEAR-OLD MAN BUTCHERED AT NSAWKAW SUSPECTS JUSTICE DELIVERY FAUL PLAY AT WENCHI COURT. A 40 year-old man Nana Kwame who was allegedly attacked in his farm and butchered by two people at Nsawkaw in the Tain District of the Bono Region has been complaining about the way justice has been delivered on the arrested individual who has been granted bail without due diligence followed.  The two suspected individuals, Kwasi Marie and Kwabena Duah were arrange before court on Thursday, 13th June, 2024 at the Wenchi Circuit Court and were granted bill and a fined of Ghc1,900 whiles the victim was not given a fair hearing. Watch Video Play of the victim  The two accused persons though were charged and granted bail are now walking freely in the Nswakwa town but the butchered and injured victim is suffering with the pains without any recieving any kind of compensation from the accused persons but only to suffer the ordeal he is going through.  The victim, Nana Kwame a.k.a Kwaemu is ...

FULANI HERDSMEN AND THEIR ACTIVITIES: COME TO OUR AID- DWANMANHENE TO GOVERNMENT AS THEY BLAME IMMIGRATION OFFICERS ON OUR BORDERS. The Paramount Chief of Dwan Traditional Council, Nana Okofrobour Awase Afura III has pleaded with the government to intervene with the presence and activities of Fulani herdsmen in the Sene West District of the Bono East region. Speaking on behalf of the Omahene of Dwan, the Deputy Public Relations Officer(PRO) of the Dwan Youth Association, Kwasi Banka (Nana B), recounted the challenges farmers and the people of Dwan are experiencing due to the unscrupulous activities of Fulani herdsmen. He made this statement during a press conference organized by the Dwan Traditional Council on Thursday, December 7th, 2023 at Kwame Danso. Nana Okofrobour called on the government to, as a matter of urgency, come to their rescue to resolve the highlighted issues since they cannot but blame the situation on the negligence of the immigration at Ghana borders being lackadais...

Some Members of the Berekum-Abontema Family lament over Unidentified Person Exhuming their Buried Body at Berekum Cemetery. Agya Boateng, a family member living at Berekum-Abontema with house number C15 in the Berekum East Municipal of the Bono Region is lamenting over the exhumation of his buried daughter's body who was buried in 2013 at Berekum cemetery by unidentified persons.  Speaking to Alrich24newsgh.blogspot.com, the father of the deceased explained that, in a dream that his daughter revealed to one of her sisters, demanding in a dream that, they should come and visit her at the cemetery. He said, that in their attempt to visit her tomb at the cemetery, their surprised to see that her body had been exhumed leaving nothing in the tomb by the unscrupulous individuals. According to the family, they are sad about what has happened and are calling on the traditional authorities to do something about the situation at the cemetery they explained it will be very difficult for them ...

A 26 Year-Old National Service Personnel Beaten to a Pulp and Unconscious at Kyiribaa in Berekum. A 28-year-old National Service Personnel, Razak Mariwan who has been assigned to duty at the Ghana Health Services in the Berekum East Municipality of the Bono Region is unconscious over alleged manhandle and beatings by some residents of Kyiribaa in the Berekum East Municipal. The victim Razak  was suspected to be a thief and was beaten toa pulp on Thursday 21st September,  2023 morning whiles he was going for his early morning jogging on the Kyiribaa road around 5:30am. The victim was left unconscious without no-one attending to him until a good samaritan came to his rescue and sent him.to the Holy Family Hospital but was later discharged without any further treatment but was send in front of the hospital since there were nobody close relative to bear the cost of the treatment. By the timely intervention of the Police, he was later sent to Medicourt Hospital in Berekum where...

Suhum Koransang, Man, 22 on the run after allegedly killing pregnant girlfriend.  A 22-year-old man Akooko Okada Rider is on the run for allegedly killing his 17-year-old pregnant girlfriend Mathilda Dankwa at Koransang within the Suhum Municipality in the Eastern Region. Who just completed Kukua M/A Junior High School BECE this year 2023. According to reports, the suspect, Akooko poison his girlfriend, Mathilda, after she refused not to abort the pregnancy. Speaking to the assemblyman for the area Hon, Ransford Norvor who spoke with Alrich24newsgh.com news reporter Apelete Kofi-Michel, said the incident happened yesterday Monday September 25, 2023 around 4: pm. The Assembly Man is thus appealing to the police to ensure the suspect is arrested and dealt with according to the law. What I want is for the police to fish out Akooko wherever he may be, Assembly Man added. The police have taken the deceased to Suhum government multuary,  in the area have begun investigations into th...