One arrested in headmaster murder case

The Central Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one person on suspicion of being involved in the murder of the headmaster of Ansapatu Basic School near Effutu.

DSP Irene Oppong, the Central Regional Police Public Relations Officer, told the Daily Guide that the suspect (named withheld by the police) is in their custody assisting with their investigations.

The headmaster, identified as Yaw Ayifah Gorman, 40 years, was shot in his car after he had returned from a training programme on Population Census in front of his house at Cape Coast last Saturday night by unknown gunmen.

The deceased, popularly known as Dr Sting, according to co-tenants was about moving out of the car when the assassins shot him through the driver’s side glass.

Residents claim they were in their various rooms when they heard the gunshots sound but initially thought it was the sound of a knockout.

“We later heard his wife shout for help and when we came out, we saw our colleague sitting motionless in his car,” the neighbours narrated to the media.

The co-tenants said they rushed the victim to the cape coast hospital for treatment but was pronounced dead on arrival.

Meanwhile, a press statement issued by the Central Regional Police Command indicated that on May 22, 2021, around 8:30 pm, the police had information that a man had been shot in a house opposite the University of Cape Coast Medical School Hostel on the University campus near the Cape Coast Stadium.

DSP Irene Oppong said the Police proceeded to the scene, but the victim had then been taken to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for treatment.

“Police proceeded to the hospital but were told that victim was pronounced dead on arrival by the doctor. The body was found lying at the mortuary with blood oozing from the left eye,” she said.

The Central Regional PRO said when the body was examined gunshot wound was found on the left eye indicating that the victim was shot in the eye.

She said police information gathered later at the crime scene indicated that Gorman Ayifah, was shot around 8pm that fateful day.

“He had returned from a workshop to his residence and was still in his BMW saloon car with registration number CR 811-W when he was shot through the driver’s side window of the car by an unknown assailant(s).