The soldier who was allegedly killed by a mob at Ashaiman Taifa last Saturday, has been identified as 21-year-old Sherif Imoro.
He was a member of the Ghana Armed Forces Band, a trumpeter and was stationed at Sunyani in the Bono Region.
He was in Accra for a military course and in the last three weeks, had been visiting the parents in their home at Ashaiman every Friday.
Last Friday would have been the third time he was going home and was reportedly confronted by a gang who killed him.
Sherif Imoro
Sherif Imoro was born at Ashaiman on June 3, 2001, according to his father – Awudu Imoro.
He enrolled in the Ghana Armed Forces in October 2021, was trained at Daboya and was posted to Sunyani after passing out.
According to his father, he had his primary and junior high school education at Ashaiman and senior high school at Akwamuman SHS and completed in 2017.
Slain soldier incident
Last Friday, he was on his way home and there was heavy traffic in the area, so he alighted at Ashaiman Taifa near the court building.
It was around that area that he met his death at the hands of his attackers.
Some reports suggest the gang mistook him to be a robber.
