Sergeant Owusu Asante Baafi, the late police officer of the Anti-Robbery Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, who died with his wife and child in a fire incident, has been laid to rest.
The 35-year-old police officer, his 32-year-old late wife, Millicent Akyaa Agyei, and the three-month-old baby, Samuel Kwabena Baafi Nyamedo, all perished in the fire that gutted a police barracks at Apromase in the region on January 16.
Senior Officers from the Ghana Police Service, relatives, and the police fraternity traveled to the hometown of the late police officer to bid their final goodbyes.
Director-General administration, COP Mr Christian Tetteh Yohunu, Director-General of Legal and Prosecution, COP Mr Nathan Kofi Boakye, and Director-General, Human Resource Development, COP Mr Frederick Adu Anim were all present to mourn with the family of the late police officer.
Heartbreaking images captured moments relatives of the late policeman and his wife broke down in tears when their remains were being transported to the cemetery at Adomfe.
The coffin of the late police officer was adorned with a Ghana Police Service flag with a service cap placed on it.