On Thursday evening, 17th June 2021, a drinking Spot Operator was shot dead by a farmer identified as Kwame Dankwa in a misunderstanding over Ghs5.00 at Apirede-Akuapem in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
According to eye witness, the suspect who is believed to be in his 30s allegedly shot the victim twice in the rib and chest.
According to sources misunderstanding erupted between the suspect and the Spot Operator when the suspected tried to take his Ghs5 debt from the Spot Operator. But unfortunately the suspect rushed to his room and pulled a gun which he shot the now deceased twice with it.
Reports indicates that the suspect then reported himself to the Adukrom Police and he was arrested and later sent to Akropong Divisional Police command for further investigation.
The body has been sent to the Tetteh Quarshie Memorial Hospital after the police visited the scene.
Confirming the incident, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh said; “Yes ,the Police in Akropong have arrested suspect Kwame Dankwa who shot and killed one person whose name was given only as Yaw in a misunderstanding over Ghc5. He claimed the man called Yaw owes him Ghc5 so he went to the house ostensibly to collect his Ghc5. During the cause of the misunderstanding he shot Yaw who was rushed to Tetteh Quashie memorial hospital but died on arrival . The Akropong Police shortly after that visited the scene of the crime”.
He made the statement while speaking on Starr News.