The 26-year-old man who gunned down his cousin and fled to Bawku in the Upper East Region has been arrested by the police.

Fuseini Nuhu was handed over to the Jacobu Police by a relative after he was declared wanted days ago following the incident.

He has since been detained in police cells at Jacobu in the Amansie Central District to assist with investigations and prosecution.

It would be recalled that a 28-year-old man, Kwadwo Oppong, was last week shot dead by his cousin at Numeriso near Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region.

According to a police situational report sighted by MyNewsGh.com, the suspect shot the deceased with a single-barrel gun before fleeing the crime scene.

The victim was rushed to Numeriso Health Center for treatment but was referred to AGA Hospital in Obuasi for further treatment, where he was pronounced clinically dead on arrival by the medical officer.

The body has since been deposited at the same hospital's morgue for preservation and autopsy.