Posted: Daily Guide | Friday, 18 March 2011
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By Charles Takyi-Boadu
The police at James Town in Accra have begun a search for a boxer by name Nii Aryee Bruno popularly called Gbese Bruno.
Gbese Bruno, a super middle weight fighter, is being hunted because he has been on the wanted list of the James Town police station for his involvement in a series of issues concerning the Gbese stool, with the latest being a shooting incident on Tuesday night.
James Town District Police Commander, Superintendent Benjamin Bakomora, who confirmed the story to DAILY GUIDE SPORTS, narrated that in their statements to the police, the victims including 28-year-old Joseph Armah Tetteh, Joseph Tagoe, 20, and 22-year-old Kwaku Sadat claimed the boxer shot the three persons with a locally manufactured pistol without provocation.
Some were hit on the face, abdomen, chest, legs and hands whilst others run for cover.
The incident was said to have taken place at Bukom around 8.00pm near the Sukumo Wulomo (traditional priest) stool house where the victims had gathered and were having a conversation.
The police believed the shooting incident had something to do with a chieftaincy dispute over the Gbese Stool. According to Superintendent Bakomora, a fight had ensued between two factions after a court hearing in the course of the day.
He noted that the shooting incident could have been the rippling effect of a scuffle that began earlier in the day, since the victims claimed Gbese Bruno had come to the area in the company of some of his friends whose names were given as Braka, Ampah, Larbi and Saban to confront some members of one of the disputed factions in the Gbese stool case.
They were said to be holding broken bottles, cutlasses and other offensive weapons when they went to the area.
In the heat of the event, the boxer was said to have shot the three persons and fled.
A complaint was lodged with the police who issued the victims with medical forms to go for treatment at the accident centre of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital where they were treated and discharged.
Each time he commits any such heinous crime, Gbese Bruno is said to go into hiding for a long time and later resurfaces to commit another one.
The boxer and his accomplices have since gone into hiding with the police mounting a manhunt for him.
He is believed to be hiding in Nungua or Teshie in Accra. Superintendent Bakomora therefore urged members of the public who have any information on his whereabouts to assist the police with such information.