Police on the heels of murderers of Immigration officer

The police have beefed up security in the Tema Region in order to unravel the mystery surrounding the killing of the 36-year-old immigration officer at Mateheko in Tema.

The officer, Kofi Quist Defor, was shot by suspected armed robbers at his residence in the early hours of Saturday, December 28,  2013. 

Speaking to the Daily Graphic  in Tema, the Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police Maxwell Atingane, said the members of the investigating team were drawn from Accra, Tema  and Dodowa.

He also said the police were following clues gathered at the crime scene and cautioned the public to take measures to ensure their personal security, explaining that doors and windows must be secured to make it difficult for intruders to enter their premises.

DCOP Atingane said the robbers could not  be scared or detered by the presence of dogs because they had many ways of taming the the dogs.

He also said the police would soon come up with their findings following the collaboration of the teammates from Accra, Tema and Dodowa, assisted by  family members and close associates of the deceased.