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Police to review protocols at Sogakope Police Station as riffle disappears

Operational and administrative protocols are to be reviewed at the Sogakope Police Station where a police service riffle has mysteriously disappeared.

Two police officers have been arrested and detained in connection with the missing riffle, which the police say, has no connection whatsoever to the murder of the assembly member for Sogakope South electoral area, Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.

“The weapon in question disappeared on March 7, 2020 whereas the unfortunate killing of the assemblyman happened on March 1, 2020. This is only an unfortunate coincidence and the command is resolved to get to the bottom of it,” a statement from the Regional Police Command explained.

The two officers, whose details have not been given, are to be transferred to the Volta Regional Police Command to assist in investigations into the missing riffle case which some police officers initially linked to the murder incident.

The statement said the Sogakope Police Station requires a review of the operational and administrative protocols, something it said the Regional Command is determined to do.

Four arrested for assemblyman murder

Meanwhile, four persons have been arrested in the Volta Region for their alleged complicity in the murder of the Sogakope South Electoral Area assembly member Marcus Mawutor Adzahli.

According to the police, the four suspects are assisting police in investigations into the gruesome murder which triggered violent protests in the Sogakope township.

Details of the suspects have however been withheld by the police.

They are expected to be put before court Monday.

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