The police administration has announced a GHC100,00.00 reward for any person or persons who will volunteer information leading to the arrest of suspects behind the Techiman South election violence.
According to the police, they are determined to pursue the case for as long as it takes, till the perpetrators are brought to book.
The police made the announcement on Thursday, December 1, 2022, when a delegation led by the Director-General in charge of Welfare, COP/Mrs. Habiba Twumasi-Sarpong, visited the families of the eight victims of the 2020 general election shooting incident in the Techiman South Constituency Collation Centre, where two people died and six were injured.
The delegation included the DG/Intelligence, the Regional Commander/BER and the Director/Cold Case Unit.
The aim of the visit was to commiserate with the families and share with them, the progress made so far in the investigations being conducted into the incident.
The delegation visited each of the eight families in their homes at Techiman and assured them of the resolve of the police to get to the bottom of each incident.
“In support of the work of the ongoing investigations, a reward of a Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵ 100,000.00) has been set aside for any member of the public who can provide credible information that will lead to the arrest and prosecution of the perpetrators,” the said in a statement.
It added that “The case has, therefore, been referred to the newly established Cold Case Unit which is responsible for the continuous review, investigation and tracking of cases long after the trail might appear to have died and public interest had gone down.
“Since its establishment, the Cold Case Unit is revisiting all major unsolved cases recorded in the recent past and is working with the affected families.”
However, the police administration promised to keep the public updated as much as possible without compromising the investigations.
