Three suspects have been arrested in connection to the murder of the development chief at Ardayman, Nii Tetteh Sarbah by the Atomic-Kwabenya Police.

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Reports further reveal that, the suspects were picked on the night of Monday June 12 at the Richview Hotel near Kwabenya where they were hiding.

An unlicensed pistol and a knife thought to have been used in committing the crime, were found on them. They were also possessing two yellow unlicensed motorbikes – one BMW-branded and the other a Suzuki.Speaking to Class FM on Monday June 12, the brother of the deceased, Samuel Akwetey Otoo, said the deceased was performing some purification rites before the lifting of the ban on noisemaking at the Ardayman Stool House when some youth entered the compound at about 1am and starting shooting sporadically.

READ ALSO:Tension in Ardayman over murdered chiefHe said the perpetrators chased the chief into a room and dragged him out, using machetes and stones to inflict wounds on him, after which they shot him in the stomach and around the eye.

Several others who were with him received injuries in the process, with one person who was also shot in the chest receiving treatment at the 37 Military Hospital.Meanwhile the police at Agyen Kotoku had launched investigations into the matter to bring the culprits to book.