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Mohammed Salisu Bamba, the municipal chief executive for Ejura Sekyedumasi, has denied media reports that the two suspects in police custody in connection with the murder of Ibrahim ‘Kaaka’ Mohammed are his bodyguards.

Bamba said although the suspects – Ibrahim Issaka and Fuseini Alhassan – are members of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), they are not his employees. 

Appearing before the three-member ministerial committee probing the disturbances in Ejura on June 29, the MCE said: “Anyone who knows Ejura very well and our environment, my house is a place that, whenever any political head is coming to Ejura or anytime that there is any national activity, the media can attest to that fact that, my house is filled with a lot of people.”

“And the two gentlemen are our party [NPP] members, and they are polling station executives. And as a chief executive and parliamentary candidate, definitely, I will have a relationship with all my party people,” he said.

A third suspect, who is a brother of Kaaka, is also in police custody.

Police briefing
Speaking to the media in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional police spokesperson, Assistant Superintendent Godwin Ahianyo, said the deceased was ambushed by the two suspects in front of his house upon returning home at 1.30am on Sunday.

“This morning we would like to inform the general public that the regional command has arrested two suspects in the attack and murder of Ibrahim Mohammed, alias Kaaka, aged 45,” he said.

“The suspects are Ibrahim Issaka alias Anyaas and Fuseini Alhassan, currently in custody. Both were arrested at about 10.45pm on Monday 28 June 2021 following police intelligence,” ASP Ahianyo said.

He said the police have commenced investigations to ascertain whether the murder was linked to Kaaka’s work as a citizen journalist or the #FixTheCountry movement.