Eric Johnson killed …stabbed body found in hotel room

Prominent entrepreneur and Chief Executive of Intermerc Ghana Limited, Eric Johnson, was found dead lying in a pool of blood in one of the rooms at his hotel, the Royal Cossy Hill Hotel at Jirapa in the Upper West Region, an official statement from the Ghana Police Service has confirmed.

The statement, issued on Sunday said “one person has since been detained to assist the investigation” and that the “Inspector-General of Police has deployed a team of investigators and experts led by the Director-General/CID  to work with the Upper West Regional Police Command to ensure a thorough investigation into the incident”

Eric Johnson is suspected to have been murdered on the night of Saturday February 10 though his lifeless body was found the next day with deep wounds inflicted on it.

The number of attackers are not yet known and speculations are rife it could be either business related, chieftaincy related or a simple case of mistaken identity.

His hotel, the Cossy Hill Hotel at Jirapa mostly known as ‘Jirapa Dubai’ is one of the prides of the hospitality sector on the African continent.