The Avenor Traditional Council in the Volta Region has placed a GH₵10,000 bounty on the heads of persons who shot and killed a mobile money vendor at Akatsi in the Akatsi South District.
Nelson Mandela Zanu, a motor rider who also operated a mobile money shop, was killed on Tuesday night while on his way home.
The assailants took away his motorbike and an amount of GH₵18,000 cash, including mobile phones.
At a press conference, the President of the Avenor Traditional Council, Togbe Dorgloh Anumah XI, urged residents to volunteer information to the police to enable them to arrest the perpetrators.
“The killing of Mandela Zanu, although painful and difficult to accept, remains a criminal matter and falls squarely within the remit of the duties of the personnel of the Ghana Police Service. The Council wishes to urge all sons and daughters of Avenor to allow and support the police to discharge their duties in the matter fully.”
Togbe Doglo Anuma XI added: “I want to call on the Akatsi South Command to ensure the confidentiality of the identities of informants. Often, natives complain that there have been leakages of their identity after they have provided information to the command, a situation which endangers the lives of informants.”
The latest incident is one of the many killings that have occurred in the municipality in recent times.
