Asokore Mampong District Court has on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, remanded into police custody Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, who is alleged to have shot and killed a female adult, who was believed to have been his girlfriend.
The accused, a member of the Ashanti regional SWAT unit of the Ghana Police Service, was remanded after the court refused to accept his plea.
Charged with murder, he will reappear before the court on May 30, 2023.
Inspector Twumasi shot and killed 26-year-old Victoria Dapaah popularly called Maadwoa at close range.
The incident occurred on Thursday, April 20, 2023.
The victim was said to have been shot six times in her head, neck, chest, and stomach by Inspector Twumasi for allegedly cheating on him. He took to his heels after the crime was committed.
However, he was nabbed at Sekyere, near Effiduase in the Ashanti Region as a result of a special Police operation which was launched following the shooting incident.
