[ 2015-03-27 ]

Ghana Police 'Fingered' in Fennec Okyere's murder case
The Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-
Ghana), in their last Afro-barometer report cited
the Ghana Police Service as most corrupt public
institution with as high as 89% of respondents.

The survey was conducted between May and June 2014
and about 2400 respondents were asked to rate
public institutions including the Ghana Revenue
Authority, as well as government officials and
Members of Parliament.

The Police CID attitude towards investigations in
the country, could they be possibly proving
CDD-Ghana right? Or maybe, the in-charge officials
of Fennec's case are just stressed out?

The mass have lost confidence, hope and trust in
the police institution, we doubt the competence of
the Police institution and as it appears even
cases with visible evidence like the
cocaine-turn-konkonte saga; Ruby-cocaine-saga
(including the 6-accomplices trial); and the NDC
Man, Kodzo Hamenya Keglo busted for cocaine saga
(reported by Daily Guide)

Therefore, how possible is it then for the Police
CID to unravel Fennec Okyere’s murder case which
comes with few crime scene samples and no
evidence?

Usually surprised by the instance made to deem the
institution’s capability to have laid hands on
the lead-killer, Kwesi Appiah Buahene of Kwaku
Ninja and Taller case at Ablekuma in the Greater
Accra Region in 1998 after 15 years; have there
been any other of such cases unravelled? (I stand
to be corrected)

It is very true that conducting investigations can
take between 5 and 30 years and sometimes, even
more years to unravel the actual perpetrators of a
criminal case (murder, theft, etc.); but is there
any hope at all with the Fennec Okyere’s case
although the Homicide Unit are figuratively
putting in all possible efforts to lay hands on
the possible evidence?

Outlining the procedures in which investigations
are carried out in Ghana; CID PR, ASP Joseph
Benefo Darkwah in a previous interview with
AmaLarbieAfrica, defined investigation as “it is
a way of gathering evidence or information
including data collection which has linkage to the
offence reported so as to approve or disapprove an
alleged offence committed as well as assist trace
the perpetrators of the crime who will no longer
be a suspect instead be charged with the
offense.”

“No crime docket is closed, or a suspect falsely
charged although a case of public interest may
delay prosecution; rather we do a thorough
investigation on such cases,” he said when asked
if crime dockets are closed or ‘buried’
without revisiting the case after some time.

But isn’t Fennec’s case long closed and dead?
Much can’t be said about how cases and their
investigation are conducted in various continents,
but the Ghana Police Service seems good in
‘verbal actions’ than ‘practical
actions’.

Read more on “No docket is closed; we conduct
in-depth investigations to unravel facts before
prosecution” – CID PR

Marking exactly a year and 10-days after he was
found lying face down in a pool of blood; Fennec
Okyere was murdered at his Manet Cottage at
Spintex, Accra residence on Thursday, March 13,
2014.

On Friday, March 13, 2015, a year after his death;
Kwaw Kese together with close friends of Fennec,
mostly media personals gathered at the Afrikiko
Leisure Center in a solemn candle light vigil with
each of them lighting a candle to remember the
life of Fennec and their individual experiences
with him.

The vigil was also basically to remind the Ghana
Police to speed up their investigations and at
least come up with some findings on his murder as
reported on Peacefmonline.com.

Some of the notable faces present included Kwaw
Kese’s new manager, Kevin Aggrey;
Broadcaster/Entrepreneur, Bola Ray; Lexis Bill of
Joy FM; Actor and Broadcaster, Mikky Osei Berko;
Music Producer and Sound engineer, Panji Annof;
Producer Hammer of The Last Two; Radio/ TV
Presenter, Afia Schwarzenegger; TV Host, Babie
Dapaah; Ohemaa Woyege of Adom FM; Jerry Justice of
Adom FM; Entertainment Writers, Eugene
Osafo-Nkansah of Peacefmonline.com and Dela Aglanu
of Myjoyonline.com; among others.

Meanwhile, according to family of the late Fennec
Okyere; the actual one year anniversary of their
beloved will be held on the day of his burial
which was on Saturday, April 26, 2014.

Therefore, on April 26, 2015, the family, friends
and sympathizers would officially gather to mark
one year of his death.

2-months-2days after tracking the perpetrators of
the murder; the Homicide Unit of the Criminal
Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana
Police Service arrested the founder of BullHaus
Entertainment; Lawrence Nana Asiamah Hanson,
well-known as Bull Dog as the prime suspect on
Thursday, May 15, 2014 at about 15:45 GMT in
Kokomlemle, a suburb of Accra.

And there have been no other suspects or reason to
think that there actual suspect may be still out
there.

The arrest of Bulldog as the prime suspect was
based on the fact that he on November 26, 2012 had
a confrontation with Fennec during a programme at
the Accra International Conference Centre dubbed,
‘Night with the Stars’, organized by
Accra-based radio station, Joy FM; an already
public-known incident.

According to the Director General of the CID, COP,
Mr Prosper Agblor, investigations proved that
after an interview on Peace FM’s entertainment
review show which had both Fennec and Bulldog on;
the suspect was offended by the answers provided
by the deceased to questions from the host,
hence;

>“After the programme, Bull Dog called Fennec
and threatened to send his boys after him to teach
him a lesson and to get rid of him,” he said.

Subsequently, the CID Boss as reported by Daily
Graphic said that there were series of threatening
voice calls and text messages from unknown persons
believed to be agents of the suspect.

The police investigations also established that on
March 12, 2014, Fennec received a call from an
unknown caller.

Another factor that lead to his becoming the prime
suspect of the murder case was according to COP
Prosper Agblor, indicated that; “Surprisingly,
the suspect (Bulldog) went into hiding after the
murder of Fennec. The police monitored his house
and other places including entertainment shows,
but he (Bulldog) failed to show up.”

But did the unit official in-charge of Bulldog’s
surveillance as well do checks with the various
radio entertainment programmes he was a panel
member on to verify if he was on those shows or
absented himself as they are perceiving that he
avoided all public gatherings?

Then again, if the Homicide Unit could not gain
access to the suspect’s phone; what are the
visible prove like either a snapshot of at least
one of the death threat messages (date and time)
Bulldog sent to Fennec; or his arrest was just one
of the ‘tip-offs-like bases’ or the high
intelligence of analysing and contrasting the
case?

Because, all what was said by COP Prosper Agblor
were already known to showbiz observers, pundits,
and oh, the Friends of the media know the A to Z
of the above COP Agblor’s details on why Bulldog
was arrested.

Just asking, please didn’t the unit also hear
that the deceased had few weeks before his murder
said in an interview with News One on February 13,
2013 that he had received threat calls during
MadTime Entertainment tussle with MUSIGA over who
has the legal right to organize Ghana Music Week/
GMW Festival?

An excerpt of the interview: [“I have received
calls from people who threaten me with death and
ask me why I am worrying Obour over this Ghana
Music Week thing and whether I do not know this is
big money business.”

…“I know how to go about taking care of my
security; and I am not taking chances at all. I
have to report the threats to the police because
we are all in this industry and I hear a lot of
things,” Fennec added] Even in its absurdity, is
that not a case to as well link his death with
MUSIGA, though Prez Obour was invited for
interrogation? <

And what happened to the various informations
relayed to the Unit during interrogation with
persons including Abeiku Santana; Fennec’s wife,
Amakie; his caretaker, Believer; his very close
friend Eugene Osafo-Nkansah (Peace FM); Kwaw Kese
(Fennec’s artiste); Bice-Osei Kufuor (MUSIGA
President); family spokesperson and Ablekuma West
MP, Ursula Owusu; Kevin Aggrey (Kwaw Kese’s
other manager); some officials of Zoomlion and
Jospon group of companies; and Nii Gbatsonaa
(caretaker of his lands), among others.

At least with the various informations gathered
during the interrogation with no doubt, might hint
the Homicide Unit on certain vital informations;
unless of course, the majority of the persons
interrogated mentioned Bulldog as the possible
killer; or the unit just see no clue and essence
of the either of the informations relayed to them
during the various interrogations.

Hence, if upon all these routine checks and the
unit can still not figure out other suspects; then
one may conclude that the ‘incompetence’ of
the Police Service has risen to its highest peak
and the outfit is indeed proving CDD-Ghana's
Afro-barometre report right.

As we all have our decent, ugly and combined,
decent and ugly attitudes which we all bury away
from the public-knowing; couldn’t it have
possibly been a business deal gone badly? Because,
for what reason would the hirer of the assassins
or the assassins as well steal his laptop, phone,
and ransack his bedroom?

Obviously, there are certain infos on the laptop
that the killers or hirer could not afford being
made public hence the order to take it along after
the assassination.

The case, in the psychological term dwells on
essence overriding existence; simply put the
killers (or hirer) saw the importance of revenging
whatever pain or wrong Fennec might have inflicted
on him or her than maintaining and protecting his
or her name in the good deeds book.

Well, just maybe as the Homicide Boss, DSP William
Seduamey said in a chitchat with AmaLarbieAfrica
that to save the family away from refreshing their
already deep-wounded hearts; they have decided to
refrain from putting out names of other
‘suspects’ and individuals the unit is
interrogating and surveilling. Does that also
avoid the unit from updating the family on updates
of the investigation too?

Because, on his one year celebration on March 15,
2015; aunt, lawyer, family spokesperson for Fennec
Okyere, and Ablekuma West MP; Ursula Owusu
expressed disappointment in the Police for not
helping give Fennec’s family the updates they
deserved on how far the investigation have gone.

“They haven’t told us anything, nothing! I
knew that the Bulldog or Bullfrog thing was a dead
end, and it proved to be that.

Well…anytime you make enquiries they tell you
that they are on it. Frankly, I have stopped
asking…” she said disappointingly in an
interview with Starr News Parliamentary
correspondent, Ibrahim Alhassan.

Just like the family made enquiries on the latest
updates of the investigation; likewise the
deceased’s wife, Amakie but it comes with same
“We are on the case assurance” from the unit.

As the investigation adage goes; ‘Everyone is a
suspect in a criminal case’; and whoever openly
threatens (like, ‘I will teach you a lesson’)
a fellow man becomes a prime suspect should
anything happen to him or her. Bulldog, wonsempa!

Fennec Okyere, before his gruesome murder updated
his WhatsApp status in the last hours of
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 which read; “The
microphones will move closer when is time.” We
all know not what inspired the status.

He was the Project Manager of ZoomLion Ghana
Limited; Manager of the Dome at Accra
International Conference Centre, and managed
Hiplife artiste, Kwaw Kese and had great ambitions
for the Ghanaian entertainment industry among
other businesses.

He also had other properties which his family and
the police did follow ups on them at areas
including Atoabo in the Western Region near the
gas pipeline project which he intended using as a
beach resort; a land also at Aburi, Trassaco and a
couple of lands at Sakumono in Accra too.

Months after the incident and with no updates from
the police; it is also gathered that his Manet
Cottage at Spintex, Accra residence which doubles
as the CRIME SCENE, has been rented out by the
family with the intent of maintaining it until his
son, Okatekyire Okyere who will celebrate his 3rd
birthday in October this year, is of age to take
over the house among other properties as stated in
Fennec’s will.

On behalf of the general public, showbiz
observers, pundits, musicians, etc.; we extend our
deepest condolence to the family of Fennec Okyere.

Source - Ghanamusic

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