Retired police officer, DSP Edmund Ohene-Asah, has recounted how a drunken policeman accidentally provided key information that helped investigators unravel the murder of three High Court judges and a retired army officer during the PNDC era.

The murdered judges were Justice Cecilia Koranteng-Addow, Justice Frederick Poku Sarkodie and Justice Kwadwo Agyei Agyepong.

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They were abducted and killed alongside retired army officer Major Sam Acquah on June 30, 1982, during the PNDC military regime led by late former president Jerry John Rawlings.

In an old video sighted by GhanaWeb on X, DSP Ohene-Asah stated that he was working at the information room at the Ghana Police Headquarters when the breakthrough happened.

According to him, a drunken policeman who had been arrested for misconduct was brought to the headquarters and later made statements that raised suspicion.

“I was on duty at the information room as a police officer in charge of all the detectives. Then they brought in a drunken policeman who had been picked up by the Minister for Highways. They were repairing the roads in the night so he brought this drunken policeman to the headquarters,” he said.

He explained that while discussions were ongoing at the police headquarters, information emerged about two Fiat Campagnola vehicles linked to the killings.

“At that time, the IGP Kublenu was there, Quarshiga was there, a few other dignitaries, they were all there. Then I joined them, we were just talking and then this minister, he intimated that this judge's affair, he went to the port of Tema and found some Fiat Campagnola and he felt he could ask for one of them, which he thinks could help him in his work,” he stated.

DSP Ohene-Asah said the investigation team quickly moved to trace the vehicles through records at the Tema Port.

“Somewhere along the line, the news came out that some soldiers have come to seize two of the Fiat Campagnolis. There were four. So when I had all that information, I was having the next step of action. I went straight to my commissioner of police,” he said.

“I said, sir, I want to go to Tema port. At the port, there is always log book for vehicles. If you're taking any vehicle out of the port, you got to sign and print your name. So we found out when the vehicles were imported, and when they arrived. So it took us about three months,” he added.

The retired officer stated that investigations later led them to former soldier Joachim Amartey Kwei through documents linked to the vehicles.

“Then I found the name of Amedeka… because he signed for the vehicles, then we decided to pursue that line. We got to know his girlfriend, they called themselves liaison officers in the broadcasting house. They could go to Rawlings' house and they had all the freedom to do whatever they like,” he said.

According to DSP Ohene-Asah, suspect Lance Corporal Amedeka later revealed details about others involved in the killings after he was interrogated.

“So, in the process, we decided to question Amedeka. The first time, we met him at the Regional Special Branch Headquarters, because those places, we have got the gadgets, everything to record whatever,” he stated.

“Amedeka said we are not here because of Rawlings. We are here because of the judges who have been killed… He started talking like a parrot,” he disclosed.

He further disclosed that several suspects were later arrested through operations led by the investigative team.

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“So, eventually, it was Amedeka who told us about the others because they were all on the loose. They never knew anybody was tracing them. One was arrested around Penta, and I led the operation to arrest Tekpor around the Tesano area. These were young lads, they were adventurous, but I wouldn't say they were murderers,” he said.

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