A SECURITY officer of real estate company, Trasacco has been gunned down by unknown assailants at a site under construction by the company at Adei-Kojo, near Ashaiman.
The deceased, Geroge Stephenson Akakpo, 49 was found dead Saturday morning according to eyewitnesses was believed to have been shot by land guards operating in the area.
Family members of the deceased who spoke to this reporter claimed they became alarmed worried when he failed to return from work the previous evening.
According to Mr Henryford Akakpo, brother of the deceased, he received a call on his brother’s disappearance at about 10:30pm Friday night from the wife.
“After frantic search at his duty post failed, we lodged a complaint at the East Legon Police station that were able to establish that, the deceased was detailed to the Adei-Kojo site the previous day to kept watch by his employers,” Mr Akakpo stated. The case according to him was thus referred to the Ashaiman Police Station for further investigation when their search yielded no results.
He said officials of Trasacco on Saturday morning detailed personnel to the site to continue the search, where the deceased was found lying in a pool of blood with a double barrel gun by his side in addition to two mobile phones belonging to him. A careful examination on the body revealed, the deceased was shot on the left side of his neck.
A Ford ranger vehicle which he sent to the site was also found intact when the team including the police visited the scene.
The Ashaiman District Police Commander, Superintendent Peter Kobina who confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic said the body has been deposited at the police hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy while investigations have been launched into the incident.
According to him, although they were yet to establish the actual cause of death, preliminary investigations revealed the deceased died as a result of gunshot wounds.
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