The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr James Oppong-Boanuh, is offering to pay GHS20,000 to anyone with information that could lead to the arrest of the murderers of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Ghana Police Service and signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Superintendent Shiella Kessie Abayie-Buckman.

The Ghana Police Service indicated that the IGP “has dispatched specialised investigators from the Homicide and Anti-Armed robbery units of the CID Headquarters, to support the Central Region’s Crime Scene Team to solve the alleged robbery incident and murder” of the MP.

The statement further stated that “the IGP is offering a reward of twenty thousand Ghana Cedis (20,000.00) to any person who gives credible information that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrators.”

The police administration also extended its condolences to the family of the murdered MP and his constituents.

It further urged the general public “to remain calm and support police in the investigation of this case.”

The MP for Mfantseman, was shot dead by armed robbers on the Abeadze Dominase-Abeadze Duadzi-Mankessim road.

The incident happened Friday dawn.

The late MP of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was returning from a campaign trip at Dominase to his residence at Mankessim.

Mr Hayford was born on Thursday, 24 December 1970.

He had a BBA from Methodist University and an MBA from GIMPA.

He also had ACCA Level 2 from Ghana Telecom.

He was a Christian.