Ahmed Hussein-Suale
The Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID), DCOP Maame Yaa Tiwaa-Addo-Danquah, yesterday gave little to the media about how far her department has gone with the murder of Ahmed Hussein-Suale of Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ Tiger Eye PI.
It was an engagement she arranged with media personnel with the aim of briefing them about strides made in major crime cases in the country, with the gruesome murder of Ahmed Suale being on top of the list.
She neither denied nor authenticated the story about the arrest of a suspect in connection with the high-profile case.
Madam Tiwaa’s disclosures were subjected to heated debate on the airwaves because they lacked news value, especially as she refused to disclose names of suspects or deny reports put out already in the media.
She disclosed that 13 persons, including the Assin Central MP, Kennedy Agyapong and Anas Aremeyaw Anas, the Tiger Eye CEO, had so far been quizzed by the CID over the murder of Ahmed Suale.
The excuse for the evasive posture she put up was that investigations were ongoing and that it would be out of place to disclose details such as names and the like.
She said persons associated with the murder would be arrested and dealt with according to law.
If there is any case Ghanaians have shown unusual interest in, it’s the murder of Ahmed Suale-Hussein, which took place at Madina in Accra by some motorcyclists.
Last week, DAILY GUIDE reported that the CID transferred to BNI custody a man suspected to be behind the murder.
The paper reported that security agents were unwilling to give details of the suspect because of ongoing investigations.
That the CID boss did not give helpful information about investigations so far into the murder rather added to the pain of family members of the Tiger Eye boy, who died as a result of gunshot wounds he suffered in the chest and neck.
The murder has provoked questions and finger pointing, thereby heightening anxiety about who could be behind it.
By A.R. Gomda