The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Christian Tetteh Yohonu has announced the detention of eight suspects, including some chiefs in connection with the murder of the late Nana Serwaa Gyan Kuma, the queen-mother of Abamba in the Amantin Traditional Area of the Bono East Region.

The suspects comprise Nana Yaw Bediako alias ‘Nana Yaw’, Abdul- Razak Ibrahim Langa alias ‘Zack’, Nana Owusu Sahkofi II, the chief of Akokoa, Emmanuel Agyeman Darko, the Abakomahene (sub-chief) of Akokoa and Bukari Amadu, a driver.
IGP Yohono said the police had earlier arrested suspects Michael Owusu Spermi, Rafiu Haruna and Muphtawu Adamu who had since been remanded by the Techiman District Court.
Addressing a news conference at Atebubu during his working visit to the Bono East, IGP Yohono indicated that over the past year the Ghana Police Service had waged unrelentless war against criminals and criminal networks across the country.

He explained that through sustained intelligence-led operations with resource and logistic support from President John Dramani Mahama, the police had successfully dismantled several violent crime syndicates throughout the country.

IGP Yohono said that: “Our intelligence operations and investigations have taken the fight to the criminals and conducted several successful operations and arrested persons behind armed robberies, narcotics, child trafficking and murder.

He said the police had also recovered several weapons and ammunition from the criminal gangs.

At Atebubu, the IGP said the police continued to pursue criminal elements who were making the town a safe haven for their criminal activities.

The late queen-mother who operated the Ohema’s Kitchen restaurant at Atebubu was murdered on February 25, 2026 after returning home from work.
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