The Acting Inspector General of Police has ordered the Criminal investigations Department to take over the investigations into the shooting of an innocent man by police at Nmai-Dzorn in Accra.

The deceased, Isaac Adjei was shot by a police officer Wednesday, January 20, 2015 whilst hunting a suspected armed robber.

The suspect, Adeshie Bagadzie who also died during the shooting, was alleged to have played a role in the murder of one person.

The person died after a chieftaincy dispute erupted at Teshie during the Homowo festival celebrations last year.

The police therefore sought and obtained a court warrant for Adeshie’s arrest. At midnight, Wednesday they stormed Nmai-Dzorn, where the suspect was believed be hiding.

Sergeant Adoe reportedly opened fire after Adeshie and Isaac began to attack the police with knives, machetes and other offensive weapons, killing them both.

Sergeant Adoe, has since been detained to help in the investigations.

The family of Isaac Adjei claims he is innocent and did not attack the police as claimed.

“We are not happy about the information the police put on air yesterday. Isaac is not a criminal. We were sleeping when we heard gunshots,” a brother of the deceased, Adolf told Joy News’ Kwettey Nartey.

He continued that he phoned one of his brothers “because I thought armed robbers were attacking residents in the neighbourhood. I tried to phone the police in the area to tell them that there was a robbery incident ongoing and they said they were patrolling elsewhere.”

Adolf added that they stayed indoors “because the gunshot was continuous and we only came out after the place was quiet. Then we saw blood traces that looked like some bodies had been dragged on the floor.”

He said the family hopes that investigation into the incident will be as independent as possible.

“As a family, once the police have come to plead with us that they are going to do further investigation and bring punish those people, we will wait. When they come out with something that we are not okay with, we know what to do,” he stated.

The Accra regional Police PRO, ASP Afia Tenge says the Acting IGP has also directed that an independent pathologist conduct autopsies on the bodies to help the neutrality of the investigation.