Police in Ashanti say they are following leads in their investigations into the circumstances of the shooting incident that occurred at Amakom. Sources indicate that some prominent functionaries in the NDC are assisting in the investigation.
Tuesday, the Ashanti Regional Security Council, REGSEC had to intervene to ensure that there was peace and security at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi following an invasion at the premises by some youth to demand the release of the body of the victim in the shooting incident at the premises of the NDC’s Ashanti regional office at Amakom.
According to a source at the Hospital, the youth became agitated when they were refused access to the body of the deceased.
The police and soldiers were called in to maintain security at the facility. The source said as part of the police investigation into the shooting incident, certain protocols had to be followed by the Pathologist in conducting a post mortem on the body. It said, the body will be released to the bereaved family Wednesday after the pathologist completes their autopsy.
Thirty-year old Wassiu Iddris suffered multiple gunshot wounds Monday afternoon during a misunderstanding at the premises of the NDC’s Regional office at Amakom and was pronounced dead on arrival at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital last Monday.
The irate youth wanted the body for burial in line with Islamic tradition but the Hospital and the Police insisted that the body could only be released after an autopsy.
Meanwhile, the surviving victim identified as Abdul Issah, who sustained gunshot wounds in the thigh, is said to be in a very stable condition. A source at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he has been on admission since Monday afternoon, noted, that Issah did not suffer injury to the thigh bone and assured that, he will likely be transferred from the Emergency Centre to the Ward for observation and treatment.
