[ 2021-03-19 ]

Police pledge commitment to bringing Sheikh Maikano’s murderers to book
The Bono East Regional Police Command said it will
mount brisk and in-depth investigations into the
murder of Sheikh Ali Ahmed Maikano, a popular
Muslim Cleric in the region, and bring the
perpetrators to book.








Sheikh Maikano was reportedly shot and killed by
highway armed robbers on Tuesday at about 2000
hours on the Abromase road near Yeji in the Pru
West District of the Bono East Region.

He was travelling to his home at Prang from
Kajebu, where he was a guest speaker at an event.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Asumadu
Okyere-Darko, the Bono East Regional Police
Commander, confirmed the incident to the Ghana
News Agency on Thursday at Techiman.

He said the complainant, one Mr Abdul Mumuni,
reported to the Yeji Police that he was travelling
with Sheikh Maikano on a motorbike on the Kajewu
stretch of the road when some unknown persons
emerged and started shooting at them, but he
(Mumuni) was fortunate to escape unhurt.

DCOP Okyere-Darko said the police escorted him to
the scene and found Sheikh Maikano lying on the
road, motionless.

He said they rushed him to the Yeji Government
Hospital where he was pronounced dead. His body
has since been deposited at the Hospital’s
morgue for preservation.

DCOP Okyere Darko assured the family of the
deceased to remain calm while the police
investigate to bring the perpetrators book.

He said the Command would beef up patrols on that
stretch to protect life and property.

Meanwhile, Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia has
expressed his condolences the bereaved family.

In a tweet, he wrote: “I received with shock the
news of the death of Shaykh Ali Ahmed Maikano
Kalamu this morning.”
“The learned Shaykh was a man of peace who
worked for the unity of the Muslim Community in
Ghana.”

“I offer my condolences to the Makaino family
and the Jallow fraternity. May Allah grant him
Jannatul Firdaus and unite him with his father,
Shaykh Abdulaihi Maikano, and all departed
souls.”

Source - GNA

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