A former headteacher of the Bantama SDA Primary School in the Sene West District of the Bono East Region has been shot and killed by suspected armed robbers on the Bantama Kwame Danso road.

The incident occurred when the deceased, identified as Elijah Asante, who was one of the enumerators for the 2021 Population and Housing Census, was on his way home from an ongoing workshop for field officers.

The deceased was shot dead last Thursday evening at about 7 pm.

According to the brother of the deceased, Enoch Asante, the armed robbers had ambushed and attacked some passengers in a vehicle.

His brother was on a motorbike and he was stopped, too.

He was shot in the process of the attack.

The police was informed and the body was taken to the hospital.

Meanwhile, the police has retrieved the motorbike to aid in investigations.