Family of 24-year-old slain will be well compensated – Ghana Immigration Service
A compensation package is being arranged for the family of a slain officer of the Ghana Immigration Service, Micheal Otoo. The service revealed that Micheal Otoo, a 24-year-old, was murdered by unknown assailants at Kokoligu, a village between Nandom and Hamile in the Upper West Region while on duty in March 2022.
The Service further revealed that it already has stipulated packages for families in such situations as what has happened, and so it will fall on the existing protocols to give what is due to the family.
Head of Public Affairs of the Immigration Service, Superintendent Michael Amoako-Atta, revealed that the development has triggered operational changes within the Ghana Immigration Service and officers on operational duties are now fully protected to avert such incidents from reoccurring.
“Now, any officer on the operation is fully equipped from the head to the sole of his or her feet. Some rules and regulations guide us in situations like this and whatever is due the family of the slain officer will be paid,” he said.
He added that a joint investigative committee made up of the Police, Immigration, and Defence Intelligence will soon submit its report on the circumstances that led to the killing of the 24-year-old officer.
The family of the slain officer have already made calls for expeditious investigations into the matter and the apprehension of the suspects behind it.
Superintendent Michael Amoako-Atta explained that “the officer was part of operation conquered fist who were there to protect the borders from terrorist infiltration and other cross border crime to ensure that we remain safe.”
He said “it happened that while on patrol he met some miscreants who pounced on him and shot him. A high-powered investigative body from Accra visited the crime scene. They are yet to submit their final report to the Comptroller-General. Some operational protocols have been adapted to ensure that this unfortunate incident does not recur.”
