Police Inspector Ahmed Twumasi Sentenced to Life for Murdering Girlfriend Victoria Dapaah in Kumasi
A Kumasi High Court has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to Police Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, popularly known as “Tycoon,” for the premeditated murder of his 26-year-old girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah (also known as Maa Adwoa), in a chilling shooting incident that shocked the nation in April 2023.
The verdict, delivered by a 5-2 jury majority on Friday, brings a two-year legal saga to a close, delivering justice to Dapaah’s family and underscoring the judiciary’s zero-tolerance stance on domestic violence and abuse of authority.
Twumasi, a 38-year-old officer with the Kumasi Central Police Station, was found guilty of shooting Dapaah multiple times in the abdomen and chest with his service pistol at Adum, near her residence, on April 20, 2023, around 9:50 p.m.
The single mother of one succumbed to hemorrhagic shock at the scene, with CCTV footage and ballistic evidence proving Twumasi’s direct involvement.
He was arrested two days later on April 23 in a Sekyere hideout after a special police manhunt, initially pleading not guilty when charged on July 26, 2023, under Section 46 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29).
The trial, presided over by Justice Audrey Kocuvie-Tay, featured harrowing testimony from Dapaah’s father, Bruce Dapaah, who demanded swift justice, and forensic reports confirming the weapon as Twumasi’s issued Glock pistol.
Despite his defense claiming marital strife and accidental discharge, the jury rejected the narrative, with the judge remarking, “This was a deliberate betrayal of trust and a grave abuse of power.” Video footage from Gossip24 TV captured Twumasi being dragged from the courtroom to a waiting vehicle amid tight security, a stark end to his career as a once-respected officer.
The case, which drew parallels to other high-profile police brutality incidents, has reignited debates on firearm accountability in law enforcement, with the Ghana Police Service issuing a statement condemning the act and pledging internal reforms. Dapaah’s family, in a brief statement, expressed relief: “Justice for Adwoa is a step toward healing, but no sentence erases our loss.” Rights groups like Songtaba hailed the ruling as a “milestone for gender-based violence victims,” with over 1,200 domestic murders reported in Ghana since 2020.
As Twumasi begins his life term at Ankaful Maximum Security Prison, the verdict serves as a sobering reminder of the lethal perils of intimate partner violence in a society where one woman is killed every six days by a partner, per 2025 Gender Ministry data.
