Yaw Amankwa, alias Bulla, is said to have used a double-barrelled gun he was wielding, while other residents rushed to buy petrol and set the body of the deceased ablaze.
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Police say that he allegedly did that with the support of 11 other key suspects, who are all currently on the run.
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The suspects are Akwesi Asante; Nana Kwadjo, alias Nana Edjo; John Boakye, Unit Committee Member, and a trader whose name was given only as Sarah, married to Kwaku Brefo, a motorbike rider in the town.
The others are Kwaku Diesel, Kaya Rasta and the rest whose names were given only as Daddy, Boadu, Ahinkra, Tikwa and Attipar.
Meanwhile, a postmortem report of the Ghana Police service has indicated that the suspects involved in the murder of Major Maxwell Mahama shot him severally before setting his body on fire.
A number of bullets were removed from his body, the police report indicated.