Gunning down ‘Dogo America’ amounts to lawlessness - Afenyo-Markin

Private legal practitioner and the Member of Parliament for Efutu Constituency in the Central region, Alexander Afenyo Markin, has faulted the police for gunning down suspected criminal, Dogo America.

He indicates that the suspect could have been arrested without necessarily being killed questioning how sure police are he is indeed involved in high profile crimes as alleged in the area.

“His killing smacks of the lawlessness in the country. They could have easily arrested him to face the law if police had ample evidence to link him to alleged crimes”, he disclosed on Adom TV on Thursday.

The lawmaker is appealing to the security agencies not to take the laws into their own hands and determine the fate of suspected criminals by killing them indicating that such practices are not different from mob justice.

Dogo America who is a land guard and leader of a notorious criminal gang noted for terrorizing residents around Tema and its enclaves was killed in a shootout with the police on Tuesday afternoon.

DCOP George Tuffuor, the Regional Commander revealed to mynewsgh.com that five AK 47 assault rifles, one SMG, 9 fully loaded magazines, unspecified quantity of ammunition and two shotguns were recovered from them at Washington House close to Ashaiman.

He revealed that “Dogo America” who is the leader of the gang tried to engage armed police in a shootout but was overpowered and died in the process.

Meanwhile five suspects including wife of the gang leader were apprehended during the operation and are currently in the custody of the police.

It was revealed that the deceased was a wanted person by the Tema Regional Police Command after he was reported to have engaged in series of criminal activities in the area including high profile robberies.