A Deputy Registrar of the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Alhassan Azumah has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.
The deceased was promoted to the rank of Deputy Registrar in the university about two months ago.
Information gathered by Graphic Online from some sources within the university indicates that two gunmen on a motorbike shot him multiple times around 7 pm on Wednesday (January 17, 2024) outside his residence in Sokabisi, a suburb of Bolgatanga.
He was walking around his residence when the unknown assailants surfaced, shot him, and sped off.
Mr Azumah’s death has shocked both the staff and students of the university.
In earlier reports, former Minister of Defence and Member of Parliament for Navrongo Central, Mark Owen Woyongo, has died.
The Woyongo Family head, Mr. Awini Zinge, confirmed the death in a statement on Thursday, January 18. Mr Woyongo was 74 years old.
The former Upper East Regional Minister who had been unwell for some time died on Wednesday, January 17 at the Bank of Ghana Hospital in Accra.
Mark Woyongo was MP for Navrongo Central from 2012 to 2016. He announced his retirement from politics, disclosing in December 2016 that he would not contest any political position again. Continue reading here >>>>>
