The Kaneshie Police have arrested and detained two suspects in connection with the murder of Nana Ndoli Panin III, Baamuhene of Enchi Kramokrom last Friday.
The body of the deceased was found on the premises of a hotel in Kaneshie.
Kwame Ofori Ogyaba, the deceased's friend and Nana Kwame Kwakye, known to the murdered chief's spiritual father are to assist the police with investigations.
According to a Police statement, at about 7:05 pm on Friday, the Assistant Manager of the hotel reported that a male guest who checked in Thursday, October 1, 2020, has been found lying motionless in a pool of blood on his bed.
Upon notice, the Kaneshi Police Command invited the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) and proceeded to the crime scene.
The statement revealed that on Thursday, October 1, 2020, at about 1:00 pm, Nana Ndoli Panin III while in his office, received a phone call from his spiritual father; Nana Kwame Kwakye, to meet him at the hotel.
"He drove to Takoradi lorry station at Kaneshie where he parked the vehicle and walked to meet the herbalist," the police report said.
The Toyota Rav 4 vehicle suspected to be that of the deceased has since been retrieved from a location at the Takoradi lorry station and brought to the station for further investigations.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been moved from the crime scene and deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary for preservation, identification and autopsy.
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