The Police will put before court today, the six persons arrested for the alleged murder of Soldier Imoro Sherrif in Ashaiman on March 4.
A statement issued by the police said after a week of sustained intelligence-led operation, the six were apprehended on different dates at various locations within Ashaiman and its environs.
On March 9, the Police arrested suspects Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu and Ibrahim Abdul Rakib at their hideouts in Ashaiman.
Two other suspects, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper and Abubakar Sadick alias Birdman, were also arrested at their hideouts on March 10.
The statement added that Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim were also arrested on March 11 and 12.
The statement said further investigation established that suspects Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick, at about 1:45 a.m. on March 4, attacked the deceased at Taifa Ashaiman in an attempt to rob him of his phone and a backpack. The deceased, however, resisted and struggled with the suspects.
During the struggle, suspect Samuel Tetteh pulled out a knife and stabbed the deceased in the arm, snatched his phone, and bolted, leaving the deceased with the knife stuck in his arm. It was also revealed that Samuel Tetteh and Abubakar Sadick sold the phone stolen from the deceased to Ibrahim Abdul Rakib, who later sold it to suspect Safianu Musah. Safianu Musah is being evasive as to the whereabouts of the phone and claims to have sold it to Yussif Mohammed and later to Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim.
Both suspects have been arrested and are assisting the investigation to recover the phone.