Immigration Officers Shot • One Dead, One Injured

Immigration Officers Shot • One Dead, One Injured

CGI Samuel Amadu Basintale   The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed that two of its officers were attacked, one fatally, by yet to be identified and apprehended persons at Nangani in the Tempane District of the Upper East Region. According to a statement released by the GIS’ Public Affairs Director, DCI Maud Anima Quainoo, the two officers were shot last Sunday at about 2030hrs when they were returning from duty on a motorbike. The as…

Immigration Officer Killed, Another Injured at Tempani

The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has confirmed the death of one of its officers and the injury of another after they were ambushed by unidentified gunmen at Nangani, in the Tempani District of the Upper East Region. According to the Service, the officers were returning from duty on a motorbike when the attackers opened fire on them around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2025. Both sustained gunshot wounds and were initially treated at the Ba…

Two Immigration Officers killed in ambush attack in Upper East Region

By: Kwame Bediako  Two Immigration Officers were attacked and shot at while returning from duty on a motorbike in Nangani, Tempani District, Upper East Region. The ambush took place on Sunday, November 2, 2025, at around 8:30 pm, when the assailants opened fire on the unsuspecting officers. The officers, Assistant Immigration Control Officer (AICO I) Philip Lartey and AICO I Cosmos Dakurah, sustained gunshot wounds. They were initially treated a…