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Diasporia News of Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Source: Joe Kingsley Eyiah

Ghanaian Community in Toronto appeal to killers of Jenas Nyarko to surrender

Leaders of the Ghanaian Community in Toronto at the press conference Leaders of the Ghanaian Community in Toronto at the press conference

Leaders of the Ghanaian community in Toronto and the family of Jenas Nyarko who was killed in a drive-by shooting near her apartment building in Toronto last Sunday have appealed to the perpetrators of such hideous crime to surrender to the Police before they are ‘fished out!’

The appeal was made at a press conference on Monday, June 25, 2018 at the Pentecost Church of Canada, a day after Jenas Nyarko, a 31-year-old Ghanaian who was a Social Worker with one of the Shelters in Toronto was shot dead.

An aunt of the deceased passionately appealed to the authorities to bring the killers of her niece to book not only to bring disclosure but peace of mind to the family since nothing could bring Jenas back to life.

It must be noted here that an earlier report in the media that Jenas was shot at the funeral she had attended on Saturday at the Pentecost Church was false. Jenas was shot after she had left the funeral in the company of her friends early Sunday morning.

Others who spoke to the press during the event included Thomas Seshi who is the Consul General of Ghana in Toronto, the President of the Ghanaian Canadian Association of Ontario (GCAO), Emmanuel Duodu, Pastor Quainoo on behalf of the Ghanaian Ministerial Association of Toronto and other GCAO Executives-Nana Nti of the Youth Wing and Mr. Brako of the Communications Department. Also present was Pastor Kwame Brobbey of the Toronto Ghanaian Seventh-Day Adventist Church as well as some friends of the deceased.

A ‘GO FUND ME’ account has been set up to support the family of our fallen sister and daughter, Jenas Nyarko.
https://www.gofundme.com/expenses-for-jenass-funeral?sharetype=teams&member=352476&rcid=r01-152995699038-3895adda68164e45&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_m