Bullets Fired By Customs Officers Cause Havoc At Sogakope

Police at Sogakope are investigating the motive behind the shooting of an Engineer of the South Tongu District Assembly by personnel of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Wednesday night.

Information available to The Chronicle from Sogakope reveals that at about 21:00hours on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 – vehicle patrolmen of the Monitoring Team from Accra, but based at the South Tongu district capital, signaled an unaccustomed Mercedes Benz with registration number GC 3361-14 to stop, but the driver failed to obey the order.

The patrol team pursued it from the direction of Dabala and on reaching the Sogakope Township, the Task Force fired gun shots to immobilise the fleeing vehicle, which objective was achieved.

It was, however, discovered that a stray bullet had hit the left hand of one Alex, the Engineer, who was standing by the roadside and waiting for a vehicle to go to Accra.

The injured man, said to be in his fifties, was immediately rushed to the local Comboni Hospital, at Sogakope, where he was admitted and currently undergoing treatment.

A senior police source at the headquarters in Accra, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the story and stated that the tax collection institution is collaborating with them to get to the bottom of the case.

When the paper reached the Customs Headquarters for answers, an official source stated that even though the incident was brought to their attention, they were yet to receive a comprehensive report, at the time of our contact.

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