On Saturday, June 17 a man who killed his 23-year-old lady girlfriend at Trom, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region has voluntarily surrendered to the police.
The deceased body was found in her rented apartment on Saturday night after the suspect, her boyfriend, led police to the place.
According to co-tenants with the deceased, theboyfriend was the last person to visit her during a naming ceremony.
They are shocked at the incident because they did not hear any scream for help from the deceased room.
“I saw him when he entered, he didn’t even greet us. He looked calm in demeanour. I am so shocked this has happened. When he entered we were already having the naming ceremony. This is soo sad,” one of the male tenants said.
A return to the scene with the suspect on Sunday to find the sharp object used in the murder was not unsuccessful, police said.
A careful observation of the scene indicates the deceased struggled with the suspect.
The suspect is currently in police custody as investigations continue.
This is the second case of a murder by a suspected boyfriend in a space of weeks in the Eastern Region.
Tragedy unfolded in Trom, a suburb of Koforidua in the Eastern Region, as a jilted lover allegedly took the life of his girlfriend.
The horrifying incident took place on June 17, 2023, at Junction 5 in the Trom community.
According to reports, the victim had been in the process of ending the relationship with the suspect and had recently moved to her current residence. On the day of the incident, while a naming ceremony was underway in the house, the suspect visited his girlfriend.
Witnesses residing in the same house stated that the victim went outside to meet the suspect and then brought him into her room. Amidst the commotion of the naming ceremony, it is believed that the suspect murdered the victim, drowning out her desperate screams for help.
The suspect, who is in his 30s, allegedly engaged in a struggle with the victim before forcefully gagging her with a piece of cloth and slitting her throat. Later in the evening, the suspect, wearing a red shirt with the words ‘Rest In Peace’ on the back, turned himself in to the police.
Following an examination of the crime scene, the police recovered the victim’s lifeless body and transported it to the morgue. The community was engulfed in anger and tension, as enraged youth gathered at the scene, threatening retaliation against the suspect. To prevent further escalation, the police quickly removed the suspect from the scene in a taxi.
This heinous crime has left the community in shock and mourning, as the loss of a young life unfolds amidst a tragic love affair gone terribly wrong.
The body of wildlife photographer Julie Ward, 28, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, was discovered on Maasai Mara reserve in September 1988. No-one has ever been convicted of her murder.
John Ward, who spent £2m of his own money investigating the case, died within two weeks of his wife Jan.
Their sons Bob and Tim said they would continue their father’s mission.
Bob Ward said his father, who died aged 89, continued to follow leads up until a few weeks ago.
He said, together with his brother, they would carry on their father’s work, and they planned to publish a book on the case and get a documentary made.
“The world can get to see what he’s been doing for the last 35 years,” he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
“It’s such an extraordinary story and I think people only know about half of it.”
Julie Ward’s mutilated remains were discovered by her father
Miss Ward disappeared towards the end of a solo photography safari.
She was last seen alive on 6 September 1988 before her burned and dismembered body was found by her father a week later.
At the time, Kenyan officials claimed she had been attacked by animals, but they later accepted she was murdered after her father uncovered further evidence.
Unlawful killing
Two game rangers were acquitted of Miss Ward’s murder in 1992 due to insufficient evidence.
A new team of Kenyan police officers re-examined the case in 1997 and in 1999 a gamekeeper was tried and acquitted of the crime.
In 2004, an inquest held in Ipswich recorded a verdict of unlawful killing.
John Ward, from Brockley, near Bury St Edmunds, had made more than 100 visits to Kenya, trying to hunt down who was responsible.
He previously said if his daughter’s death was accidental, he would have accepted, but he was determined not to give up on the murder investigation.
The Mpohor District Police Commandhas arrested a man in his early 30s for killing his wife after she threatened to file for divorce.
The incident happened at Wiredukrom, a community near Wassa Manso in the Mpohor District of the Western Region.
The suspect, whose name has been given as Atta Sani, is said to have committed the crime shortly after a misunderstanding with his wife.
A family member who narrated the incident to Connect FM’s Omanbapa morning show team indicated that the deceased, Maame Ama, 25, had left her matrimonial home after she made complaints that her husband has been abusing her.
Kwaku Adams adds that she had been living with another person in the same community for some days now after her husband subjected her to another abuse.
“My sister was tired of the marriage because there have been problems lately where the man fights her on every little issue. She has informed us of her intention to leave the marriage and we have been working towards it. She has since left her matrimonial home and was enjoying her peace of mind in the house of another woman in the same community. Her husband went for her in the guise of discussing an important issue with her and committed the crime,” he indicated.
He adds that his late sister innocently followed the suspect to his house in thecompanyof their two-year-old child.
“She followed him with their two-year-old son to their room thinking they were going to discuss something important but he ended up butchering her to death. Neighbours say they heard the two quarreling in the room only for them to later realize that he has butchered her. He left the two-year-old child beside the lifeless body of the mother and bolted,” he added.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the morgue whilst the suspect is currently assisting the police in investigations.
The two have three children with the eldest being eight years whilst the youngest is two years.
A manhunt is underway for 38-year-old Atta, who is accused of brutally murdering his wife in Wassa Wiredukrom.
According to reports, Atta and his now-deceased wife, Ama Gifty, resided in Wassa Wiredukrom with their two children in the Western Region’s Wassa Mporho District.
On Sunday, June 11, 2023, the couple had an argument, which resulted in Gifty leaving the house and spending the night at a friend’s place.
The following morning, Monday, June 13, 2023, Gifty is said to have returned home from her friend’s residence to prepare for a trip to the market in Wassa Wuredokrom to sell her goods. Upon her arrival, she found that the children had already left for school.
When Gifty was packing her merchandise, Atta, who usually wakes up early to work on the farm, was seated on the bed in their room. Atta allegedly locked the door, launched a violent attack on Gifty with a machete, and fatally butchered her.
By the time community members arrived at the scene upon hearing the screams, Atta had already fled the scene.
The police command in the Wassa Mporho District is currently engaged in an intensive manhunt for the suspect, Atta.
A tragic incident in Nottingham city centre has led to the apprehension of a 31-year-old man on suspicion of murder.
The police were alerted to the scene on Ilkeston Road at 04:00 BST, where the bodies of two individuals were discovered.
Subsequently, there was another distressing occurrence involving a van that allegedly targeted three individuals, leaving them injured. Additionally, the lifeless body of a man was found on Magdala Road.
In response to these events, a sizable cordon has been established in the city, and the police are urging the public to remain patient while investigations are carried out.
Consequently, several roads have been closed, and public transportation services, including buses and trams, have been temporarily suspended.
Expressing her sentiments on the matter, Nottinghamshire Chief Constable Kate Meynell remarked, “This is an horrific and tragic incident.”
There’s a large police cordon in place and multiple road closures across Nottingham – all causing significant disruption.
Police are urging the public “to be patient while inquiries continue”.
The alleged murder of a 60-year-old woman has sent ripples of shock and fear among residents as the deceased was found without some parts of her body.
According to reports, the incident occurred between Apesokubi and Kaboso in the Biakoye district of the Oti region.
The woman is alleged to have left her home on Saturday to attend a funeral in Apesokubi but was not seen by her neighbours for two days.
She was later discovered with her tongue, breasts, and a private portion removed in a pit latrine near her compound.
Residents referred to her as Daa Yaa.
The police, together with a medical team from Worawora Hospital, arrived in the village and advised that she be buried due to the body’s decomposition.
An investigation is underway, and no suspects have been apprehended.
Residents are in shock and dread as a result of the occurrence.
They have subsequently requested that the Police investigate the incident and bring the perpetrators to justice.
The key suspect in the alleged murder of a mother and her son in Ashanti Bekwai has been apprehended.
It should be noted that a 24-year-old mother and her son were allegedly murdered in Poano, Ashanti Region’s Bekwai Municipality.
The mother and son were discovered decomposing in their room in February this year.
The woman Aggies had gone missing, and the family had searched for her all to no avail.
Her mother, also known as Auntie Maggie, had searched her friends for her daughter, but nobody knew where she was.
Her room door was also locked, so her mother assumed she had gone somewhere.
Later, Aggie’s junior sister is said to have smelled an awful smell from her room, but her mother claims it could have been a dead animal or rain that had entered her mattress because her room had leaked.
However, the odour worsened until the door was forced open in the presence of some committee members.
When the door was forced open, Aggie and her son were discovered decomposing.
The main suspect has been arrested, according to the most recent update.
The family of the deceased has requested that the police investigate the matter and ensure that their relatives receive justice.
The Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of two people at Akyem Nsutam, near Bunso Junction in the Eastern Region, in connection with an alleged case of murder.
According to the police, the arrest was made by its Criminal Investigations Department (CID) on Sunday, June 4, 2023.
A report by citinewsroom.com stated that the two friends were to help the police in their investigations.
On Thursday, June 1, 2023, it will be recalled that Osei Michael, popularly known as Emeka, a barber at Akyem Nsutam, reportedly stabbed his 18-year-old girlfriend, Abigail Asare, when she visited him.
The late Abigail is reported to have left school after her school management gave the students a short break from schooling activities.
The report added that the two friends of Emeka will also help the police apprehend the suspect, who has since gone into hiding.
The police at Kyebi, who are handling the case, have assured the public that they will do all that is necessary to get to the bottom of the matter.
On Friday, June 2, 2023, an 18-year-old student of the New Nsutam Senior High Technical School in the Abuakwa-North District of the Eastern Region had met her untimely death after allegedly being stabbed to death by her boyfriend.
According to reports Abigail Asare, a form two student of the school and resident of Accra, on the morning of Friday, June 2, 2023, around 9 am, visited her boyfriend, Emeka, said to be a Togolese, soon after leaving school for the mid-term holidays which began on Friday.
Not long after, Emeka is said to have left the shop without his girlfriend.
Minutes later, a customer who came to the shop for a haircut saw the victim’s lifeless body on the floor, soaked in blood from knife wounds.
Alarmed by the spectacle, the eyewitness quickly informed the Akyem-Nsutem police, who also informed the Kyebi police, with men from the Kyebi Divisional Police Command responding immediately to the scene.
The police conveyed the lifeless body of the student to the Kyebi Government Hospital for preservation and autopsy as investigations into the incident continued.
The police have initiated a comprehensive investigation into the circumstances surrounding the tragic demise of an 18-year-old female student from Nsutam Senior High Technical School. The incident took place in the Fanteakwa South District of the Eastern Region last Thursday, prompting authorities to delve deeper into the case.
Abigail Asare, a second year General Arts student was allegedly stabbed to death by Michael Osei, a barber.
Abigail’s lifeless body was found at Osei’s barber shop at Nsutam last Thursday, June 1, 2023.
Osei is said to be Abigail’s boy friend and she had reportedly visited him at the shop last Thursday.
Sources claim Abigail left school after vacation and decided to visit Osei before going home.
Police sources said the suspect is on the run and efforts are underway to apprehend him.
Osei allegedly accused Abigail of cheating on him and stabbed her multiple times leading to her death, according to preliminary information gathered by the police at Nsutam supported by officers from the Kyebi Divisional Police Command.
Abigail’s body has been deposited at the Kyebi Government Hospital morgue for autopsy.
An 18-year-old student of the New Nsutam Senior High Technical School in the Abuakwa-North District of the Eastern Region has met her untimely death after being allegedly stabbed to death by her boyfriend.
GhanaWeb gathered that Abigail Asare, a form two student of the school and resident of Accra on the morning of Friday, June 2, 2023, around 9am, visited her boyfriend, Emeka, said to be a Togolese soon after leaving school for the mid-term holidays which began on Friday.
Not long after, Emeka is said to have left the shop without his girlfriend.
Minutes later, a customer who came to the shop for a haircut, saw the lifeless body of the victim on the floor soaked in blood from knife wounds.
The late Abigail Asare
Alarmed by the spectacle, the eyewitness quickly informed the Akyem-Nsutem police who also informed the Kyebi police with men from the KyebiDivisional Police Command responding immediately to the scene.
The police conveyed the lifeless body of the student which has been deposited at the Kyebi Government Hospital for preservation and autopsy as investigations into the incident continue.
The suspect has since fled the community as a follow-up search to his home met his absence.
It’s unclear what happened between the two inside the shop which led to the suspect stabbing the young woman.
School authorities are yet to comment on the incident.
A Chief and a self-acclaimed pastor who confessed to killing and burying a 25-year-old student nurse at Mankessim in the Central Region last year, have confessed to killing another lady.
Georgina Asor Botchway, the student nurse was gruesomely murdered and buried by the two in a room at Mankessim. The body was, however, exhumed by the police following investigations.
Appearing before the Kaneshie District Court in Accra, Christopher Ekow Clark Quansah, aka Nana Clark, the traditional ruler and Michael Amponsah Darko, aka Nana One, the pastor, were remanded into lawful custody.
Nana Clark and Darko have been jointly charged with conspiracy to commit crime and murder of one Gloria Yeboah.
The court presided over by Ms Ama Adomako Kwakye did not take their pleas.
The accused persons are expected to return to court on June 15.
Meanwhile, the police are conducting further investigations into the matter.
The prosecution led by Chief Inspector Margaret Ofori Boadi said Nana Clark, the first accused person, resides at Essikafoammatem in Mankessim, Central Region.
The prosecution said Darko, the second accused person resides at Buokrom, Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
It said the accused persons are friends.
The prosecution told the Court that in 2022, Darko met the deceased, who was then working at Amegashie Herbal Clinic in Breman-Kumasi and they became friends.
During their acquaintance, Darko promised to send the deceased abroad.
It said on June 16, 2022, Darko informed the deceased that he had secured a visa for her to go to Holland and asked her to meet him in Accra to embark on the trip.
The prosecution said on June 18, 2022, at about 1023 hours, the deceased met Darko at Achimota in Accra with the intent of travelling abroad.
Darko instead took the deceased to Yamoransa in the Central Region on the same day on the pretext of introducing her to his uncle, Nana Clark.
The prosecution said Darko assured the victim that they would return to Accra on the same day so she could embark on her trip abroad.
It said on June 19, 2022, the Asebu Police in the Central Region received a report from Godslove Benson, the Assembly member for Batanyaa Electoral Area to the effect that the body of a female adult had been found on the outskirts of Batanyaa, along the Batanyaa – Assin-Fosu Highway.
The prosecution said the Police visited the scene, examined the body, and found visible marks of violence on the cheek and neck of the deceased.
It said the body was removed from the scene and deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital Mortuary for preservation, identification, and autopsy.
On September 19, 2022, the accused persons were arrested for their involvement in the murder of Georgina Asor Botchway.
The prosecution said during interrogation, the accused persons who admitted the offence, also indicated that they murdered Gloria Yeboah on June 18, 2022, at Batanyaa and dumped her body along the Batanyaa – Assin-Fosu main road.
It said the accused persons led the Police to the crime scene and identified the location where they murdered and dumped Gloria.
The location where they dumped Gloria confirmed the exact place the body of the deceased was found.
The prosecution said during a search of Darko’s house in Kumasi, a passport-size picture of Gloria was found in his room, which he identified as the deceased.
It said Gloria’s sister also identified the deceased’s picture to the police.
The prosecution said on October 5, 2022, an autopsy was conducted by a pathologist who gave the interim cause of death as “Sharp Force” (Stab Wounds).
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Kenyan authorities to conduct an urgent investigation into police brutality after criticizing them for failing to take action in the recent killings of demonstrators.
In March and April riot police were deployed to suppress protests called by the opposition’s Raila Odinga in Nairobi, Kisumu, Migori and Homa Bay.
He has not accepted William Ruto’s election victory last year.
HRW and Amnesty International say excessive force was used, leading to the deaths of at least 12 people.
The police said some protesters were violent or were looting.
The rights groups said most victims were bystanders. They accused the police of firing live bullets in residential areas and inside classrooms.
Dr Ramon Adedoyin, a popular hotel owner, has been found guilty and condemned to death by hanging for the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a former Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife student who died between November 5 and 7, 2021, at the Hilton Honours Hotel in Ile-Ife.
Sentenced for same offence alongside Adedoyin are two of his staff; Adeniyi Aderogba and Kazeem Oyetunde.
While delivering her judgement, the Chief Judge of Osun and presiding Judge of the State High Court, Adepele Ojo, held that the circumstantial evidence available to the court, pointed to the killing of Adegoke while being a guest at the hotel owned by Adedoyin.
Justice Adepele Ojo however discharged and acquitted three of the staff while the seven defendant is to hear her sentencing on Wednesday following pleas by both the prosecution and defendant counsels.
An inspector with the Ghana Police Service, who has been accused of shooting his girlfriend multiple times at Adum, in Kumasi, has been charged with murder.
Inspector Ahmed Twumasi of the Kumasi Central Divisional Command has been on provisional murder charges following his arrest at Oyoko near Effiduase a month ago.
The married inspector who was keeping a girlfriend, made his second court appearance in a month to a hostile court made up of relatives and friends of his late girlfriend, Victoria Dapaah.
They openly cast aspersions and threatened to ‘deal’ with the accused.
This compelled the police to subject all those seated in the courtroom to a search.
Lead Prosecutor, ACP Kofi Blagodzi told the court, presided by His Worship Buabin Quansah, that the A-G’s advice paves the way for a bill of Indictment to be followed by committal proceedings that will commit the accused person to a trial at the High Court.
According to him, the commitment and sole effort of the A-G in Kumasi to expeditiously advise on the case must be commended.
He reiterated the police administration’s resolve to work speedily to bring finality to the case, hence the seriousness attached to it.
The owner of Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Dr Rahmon Adedoyin has been sentenced to death by hanging, along with two workers of the hotel, for the murder of a student, Timothy Adegoke.
Justice Oyebola Ojo, Osun State Chief Judge sitting at the High Court in Osogbo, said based on the circumstances of the case as established by the prosecution, the three were culpable of conspiracy to commit murder, and the unlawful killing of the postgraduate student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student.
The two others also sentenced to death are Adeniyi Aderogba, 37 and Kazeem Oyetunde, 38, both workers of the hotel.
Three others – Magdalene Chiefuna, 24, Lawrence Oluwale, 37, and Adedeji Adesola, 23, were acquitted of the charges and discharged by the court, while sentencing for a seventh defendant was adjourned to Wednesday.
The late Timothy Adegoke
Adegoke, 37, went missing after lodging at the Hilton Hotels and Resorts at Ile-Ife on his arrival from Abuja on November 5, 2021.
He was due to write an examination at the OAU Distance Learning Centre, Moro, Osun State, the next day, November 6 and November 7, 2021.
He however went missing and was found dead, buried in a grave following a police investigation of the hotel owner, Dr Rahman Adedoyin and its workers.
The defendants were slapped with the crime of murder, with counts including conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful killing of Timothy Adegoke, conspiracy to commit a felony, dumping of the body of Adegoke, conspiracy to improperly and indecently interfere with the body of Adegoke, conspiracy to alter receipt, altering and cancelling of receipt and administering of extra-judicial oath in connection with the killing.
Numbers released by the police in South Africa on Tuesday May 30 indicates that 3 murder cases are recorded every hour in the first quarter of the year
Every three months, at a press conference broadcast live on television, Police Minister Bheki Cele paints a bleak picture of insecurity in one of the most dangerous countries in the world.
Between January and March, the number of murders rose by 3.4% compared with the same period last year, with 6,289 cases recorded.
But “fewer children were killed than last year”, said Mr. Cele, with child murders down by 20%. “We are gradually making up ground on the criminals“, the minister said.
By way of comparison, South Africa records an average of ten homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, while Japan is close to zero and France one, according to the World Bank.
Sometimes described as the “epicentre of rape” because of the impressive number of complaints, South Africa opened more than 10,500 cases in the first three months of the year. This figure is down for once, with 2.8% fewer cases reported than over the same period last year.
Cash-in-transit attacks, on the other hand, rose by more than 20% and thefts from residences by almost 6%.
In Delhi, the capital of India, a 20-year-old man has been arrested by the police for the brutal stabbing and murder of a 16-year-old female friend in a public setting.
Disturbing video footage of the assault shows the man repeatedly stabbing the girl while using a large stone to crush her head. Despite the horrific nature of the attack, many bystanders can be seen watching or simply walking by.
Authorities have revealed that the couple had a romantic relationship and had quarreled just hours before the murder took place on Sunday. The girl was on her way to attend a friend’s son’s birthday party when she was viciously attacked, according to senior police official Ravi Kumar Singh.
Delhi: CCTV video of gruesome murder of a minor hindu girl by sahil s/o sarfaraz goes viral. She was stabbed multiple times and crushed with stone in full public view in Shahbad diary area of Delhi; Killer absconding. FIR registered pic.twitter.com/B3HdJ3Y9dY
The suspect, identified as Sahil, was apprehended near Bulandshahr district in the neighboring state of Uttar Pradesh. The investigation is ongoing, and further details cannot be disclosed at this time, stated Mr. Singh.
The viral video of this gruesome murder has sparked widespread anger and outrage on social media. Hashtags such as #DelhiMurder and #DelhiCrime, along with the name of the locality where the crime occurred, Shahbad Dairy, have been trending on Twitter as people express their shock and condemnation.
In a tweet, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal described the murder as “very sad and unfortunate” and said that “criminals have become fearless, there is no fear of the police”.
“The crime was captured on CCTV. Several people saw this, but did not pay heed. Delhi has become extremely unsafe for women and girls,” news agency ANI quoted the Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal as saying.
The chairperson of the National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma said the crime showed the “insensitivity” of the people of Delhi.
“There were several people at the spot when the incident took place but no one took any action to help the girl. The case should be heard in a fast-track court and the verdict should come as early as possible,” she said.
This is not the first gruesome crime in India where bystanders have been called out for their apathy. In the past too, citizens have been criticised for watching or making videos instead of helping victims of crime.
There was similar outrage and much introspection after the December 2012 gangrape – and the subsequent death – of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus in Delhi.
Her male companion, who was also assaulted but survived, later recounted how they lay injured and bleeding – but no-one stopped to help them for 25 minutes.
The police are currently in pursuit of two individuals accused of assaulting a man and causing his death after accusing him of stealing GHS1,000.
Reportedly, Kofi Naasei and Kofi Ase stormed the residence of the now-deceased Akwasi Kwaa, 32, at around 2 am. They confronted him with allegations of theft and proceeded to tie him to a metal lights pole.
They physically assaulted him and then dragged him to Akataninse, where the beatings continued until he succumbed to his injuries.
Despite pleas from the deceased’s sister, Maame Yaa Aso, urging the assailants to hand over the suspect to the police, their demands were ignored. Kofi Ase even threatened that they would kill him, justifying their actions by labelling him a thief.
An official complaint was filed, leading the police to Akataninse, where they discovered the lifeless body of the deceased lying face-down. The body had a blue nylon rope tied around the neck and shoulder, with an orange T-shirt hanging from the neck, and a plastic bottle nearby.
The body, bearing multiple wounds, was then transported to Afari Community Hospital and subsequently deposited at the morgue for autopsy.
Following the heinous act, all the culprits fled the town. However, the Nkawie police have assured that they are actively working to apprehend the suspects, ensuring they face the full consequences of the law.
The Akatsi South Police Command has retrieved some human parts believed to be the remains of a 28-year-old motor rider, Louis Agbogli, who went missing on April 21.
Louis Agbogli, a native of Atidzive who resides at Akatsi, all within the Akatsi South Municipality of the Volta Region reportedly went missing after he was seen picking a female pillion rider on Friday, April 21 from Akatsi to the Kpetoe area.
Chief Superintendent Isaac Baah, the Akatsi South Municipal Police Commander, briefing the Ghana News Agency (GNA) on developments relating to the incident, said on Thursday, April 27, Mr Lumor Agbogli, father of the deceased, made a complaint to the Police about the disappearance of his son.
Mr Baah said the Police in their preliminary investigations, said the suspect, Regina Dagba, an 18-year-old girl from Asafotsi-Dagbakope, a village within Akatsi South on Thursday, April 20, sought the service of a motor rider ostensibly to pick her to Adetsewui, where she was to meet her boyfriend.
He said the charge for transportation of the suspect could not meet her financial status at that time, “so the deceased willingly added Ghc 3.00 to help aid her departure to the village.”
Mr Baah said the suspect, after taking the deceased’s contact, called him the next day to offer gratitude for his assistance and asked him to pick her to Kpetoe, which he obliged, “even though his colleagues riders discouraged him from offering that service.”
“Upon reaching Kpetoe, the suspect appealed to the deceased to take her to a village called Nyatsive, where the deceased had since not returned, causing fear and panic among his relations and friends,” he said.
Mr Baah further disclosed that the suspect, together with Etse Datsomor, her 20-year-old boyfriend from Adetsewui, was lured from his hideout at Nyatsive in the Republic of Togo, and arrested around the Wute stretch of the Akatsi- Ziope road on Monday, May 15, where they both admitted to having murdered the victim after interrogation.
He said his outfit in connection with their Togolese counterpart after a court order was obtained, Etse led a team of both Police officers from Ghana and Togo to a gravel pit site located between Kpetoe and Nyatsive, near Togo, where bones and a skull was retrieved.
“Suspect pointed the scene to the police and after a careful inspection, it was found that the body had decomposed, leaving behind only the bones and skull.”
Police sources revealed that the suspect also led the Police team to a nearby bush to retrieve the deceased’s motorbike, which was close to where he was allegedly murdered.
Mr Baah said efforts were underway to forward the bones to Accra for Forensic Laboratory examination, whilst the suspects would reappear in court on Friday, June 2.
Six individuals have been remanded in police custody by the Tema District Court in connection with the death of Charles Martey Odam in Adjumador, a town near Afienya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region.
The accused individuals, as reported by The Chronicles newspaper on May 18, 2023, are George Martey (67), a farmer; Nelson Anum Martey (59), a mechanic; Nii Marteye Martey Nathaniel (39), a businessman; Michael Martey Morrison (35), a businessman; Thomas Martey (34), a freelance writer; and Daniel Martey (35), a welder. All of them are residents of Adjumador.
During the court proceedings presided over by Her Ladyship Siran Mahama, the prosecutor presented a brief summary of the case. The complainant, Martey Samuel Mensah, is a building contractor, while the deceased, aged 70, was a pensioner who resided in an eight-bedroom self-contained house in Adjumador.
According to the report, the complainant, the accused individuals, and the deceased are all relatives of the Changha Martey Family in Adjumador, with the deceased serving as the family head. The report further stated that George Martey, one of the deceased’s brothers, had expressed dissatisfaction with his leadership of the family.
As a result, the accused individuals allegedly subjected the deceased to unfounded abuse and threats. The deceased shared a room with his 27-year-old daughter, Judith Merley Martey, who works as a pharmacy assistant.
The newspaper went on to narrate that on November 1, 2022, during the day, all the accused people, aside from Daniel Martey and the witnesses Elizabeth Tetteh and Samuel Narh, appeared before the Tema Community 8 Police regarding a plot of land that was the subject of an investigation involving the accused people and the witnesses.
At the time of investigation by the police of the Community 8 station, George Martey announced himself as the family head of the Changha Martey Family of Adjumador.
Elizabeth Tetteh, who is the witness in the case, disclosed that the deceased was rather the family head and not George Martey. This led to exchanges between them.
The police scheduled them for another meeting on November 4, 2022, for George to produce his family head, Charles Martey Odam, who is now deceased.
The newspaper chronicled the series of events that transpired leading to the killing and subsequent arrest of the six persons below:
On November 1, 2022, Michael Martey Morrison, in the afternoon, contacted the complainant on the phone and registered his displeasure about the family headship and demanded to have a meeting with the complainant and the deceased.
On November 2, 2022, at 1:00 am, the witness, Judith Martey, was awakened by a sound from a gunshot but did not know the actual direction from which the gun was fired.
She woke up around 4:00 am, the usual time she began her daily chores and prepared to take her son to school and continued to Afienya, her workplace.
On the same day, at about 11:00 am, Judith received a phone call from her uncle, Quarshie Isaac Martey, to the effect that masons working for her father (deceased) had gone to the house to work but were unable to find her father.
Both Judith and Isaac rushed home, opened the deceased’s door, and found his lifeless body by the side of his bed in a pool of blood.
A complaint was lodged, and investigations were initiated. Two spent cartridges were retrieved behind the deceased’s bedroom window.
Police preliminary investigation disclosed that the death of the deceased was a result of the dispute over who becomes the rightful person to be the head of the family.
Crime Scene experts who visited the scene picked fingerprints and other evidence which are yet to be matched with those of the suspects.
Gun regulation and racial crime have been two of the most contentious problems in the United States of America in recent years.
Mass shootings, racially or religiously motivated gun attacks have always brought to the fore how the country should treat guns in private hands but before the politicians agree on anything, the next attacker or assailant strikes.
Ghanaian immigrants and or Ghanaian Americans have been victims of gun violence in the last few years, GhanaWeb tracking shows that three Ghanaians have so far been killed in the US this year alone.
They are:
May 2023 – Ghanaian cab driver murdered by three teenagers in New Jersey
A cab driver was shot and killed by a group of young teenagers during a robbery incident in New Jersey, with police identifying the victim as 57-year-old Ghanaian immigrant, Koffi Addo.
Addo came to the U.S. from Ghana in 2006 determined to work hard — and he did, six days a week, driving a school bus by day, a taxi by night. On the night he died, three teenagers reportedly called All Brunswick Taxi and said they needed a ride to the movie theaters. But evidently, their motives were much more sinister.
“He was a beautiful soul to be taken away from us so soon. He had so much more on this Earth to do,” said his widow, Kecia Banks.
Addo had done so much already, having brought his two sons here from Ghana to give them a better life. He also worked to send money back to his village to help others do the same.
He was behind the wheel of his taxi the night of May 18 when he got the call to come to a quiet block of Franklin Township — unaware that three teenagers, just 13 and 14 years old, allegedly lay in wait.
The three teenagers who are charged with killing him are in juvenile detention. His widow, an educator, said that despite her family’s pain, she prays for them.
“Those are someone’s babies and my heart goes out to their families as well. I pray they have strength,” said Banks.
February 2023 – Ghanaian-American councilwoman killed in New Jersey
The New Jersey Republican Party (NJGOP) in the United States issued a statement confirming the murder of one of its members, Councilwoman, Eunice Dwumfuor, a Ghanaian-American.
According to multiple reports by news portals in the US, the 30-year-old, from Sayreville, New Jersey, was found inside her car with multiple gunshot wounds just before 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 1, 2023.
The police have since said they believe she was the intended target of the shooting, but they do not have a clear motive, the report added.
Eunice Dwumfour, who was a business analyst and part-time EMT, is said to have been elected to the council in 2021.
January 2023 – Ghanaian-American soldier killed at Alabama military base
A Ghanaian-American family based in the US is mourning the passing of their son who died under strange circumstances at a military base in Alabama.
According to the military, the 21-year-old soldier, Pvt. Abdul-Nafsu Latifu was killed in an “altercation with another soldier” at the Alabama Army post, Fort Rucker where he was training to become an Army air traffic control operator.
A source close to the family revealed that news about his demise was published on local websites in Alabama as early as 11:30 am CST, even though his next-of-kin was officially called four (4) hours later to report that he had been hospitalized and in critical condition.
Pvt. Abdul N. Latifu until joining the US Army lived in New York. He is described as very smart and respectful by all who have encountered him. As relatives, friends, and neighbours visit his New York home to mourn with the family, eulogies and questions continue to pour in.
In a rather bizarre story, a 30-year-old man has been murdered by a gang for failing to render sales to his boss.
The sad incident is said to have happened in Sefwi Ahibenso in the Bodi District of the Western North Region.
Kwadwo Afful, who reportedly sold marijuana (weed), failed to render sales to his boss who had given him the drug to sell.
A report by Adom News revealed that some men in his boss’ circle ganged up on the deceased, subjecting him to severe beatings and leaving his lifeless body on the street of Ahibenso.
Confirming the sad incident to Adom News, the grandfather of Kwadwo Afful, Daniel Kwasi Tawiah explained that he saw a crowd on the street and he proceeded to check what it was about only to find out what had happened to his grandchild.
Mr Tawiah said he immediately informed the police at Bodi who later picked up his grandchild’s body and deposited it at the Juaboso Government Hospital morgue pending investigations.
A resident, who spoke to AdomNews, appealed to the police to arrest the suspects and help bring justice to the family.
He said the arrest and subsequent prosecution will reduce the spate of lawlessness in the area. The suspects are currently at large.
In a tragic incident at the Kantamato Market in Accra, a second-hand clothing trader has been allegedly traditional priest.
Per reports she sought the assistance of the fetish priest to acquire wealth.
The traditional priest, identified as Agbeko Acumalt, allegedly buried the deceased in his shrine in an attempt to conceal the crime, The Chronicle reports.
He was, however, arrested along with a taxi driver, Bless Fiawofie Kwablatsey, and has been arraigned before an Achimota District Courton Monday, May 15, 2023.
In court, the prosecutor narrated that the nephew of the deceased, Emmanuel Ofori Boadi, is the complainant.
The prosecutor, Chief Inspector Margaret Ofori Boadi, told the court that the priest was living together with the deceased at Kasoa-Kuwait.
She narrated that in November 2022, the deceased lost her goods to a fire outbreak at Kantanmanto Market, which caused her financial losses.
However, in March 2023, she confided in the priest to perform some money-doubling rituals for her.
The traditional priest then led her to his shrine at Lente-Wuti, where they met an accomplice named Selassie, who assured her they could perform a ritual to get multiples of the amount she brought to them.
The priest, Selassie, gave the deceased a list of items to be purchased.
The deceased, who could not afford the item, requested to return to Accra.
After this development, the deceased frequently contacted the priest, and there were transfers of monies totalling GHC15,000. But the priest failed to double the money after receiving the said amount, causing the deceased to become furious and also threatening to arrest them as his brother was a soldier.
For fear of being arrested, the traditional priest and his accomplice planned to kill her to end the matter.
The report adds that on March 25, the priest invited the deceased to his shrine for the money but was also warned not to inform anyone about the plan.
“The deceased embarked on the trip from Kasoa-Kuwait to Lente-Wuti the next day, March 26, at about 3:30 a.m.
“Agbeko and Selassie executed their plan by strangling her to death when she reached the shrine to collect her money.
“It was narrated to the court that Agbeko and Salasie secretly burned the deceased inside the shrine,” The Chronicle reports.
However, on April 3, 2023, the family of the deceased lodged a missing person complaint to the police for investigation.
An investigation by the police led to the arrest of the priest on April 5 but claimed he had no idea of her whereabouts.
Further investigations also led to the arrest of Bless, who also claimed he did not know the whereabouts of the deceased.
The police, upon intelligence, located the grave of the deceased in Agbeko’s shrine on April 19, and upon an exhumation order from the Agbozume District Court, the action was executed on April 23, and the body of the deceased was found in a partially decomposed state.
C/Ins Boadi added that the “mortal remains of Alice were deposited at the Police Hospital Mortuary for preservation and autopsy, and on April 26, a postmortem examination was conducted on the body.
“The Police Hospital Pathologist, ACP/Dr. Owusu Afriyie established the cause of death was a result of asphyxiation, strangulation and blood loss from the cubital fossa of the left arm.
“The accused persons were, therefore, charged with the stated offences and arraigned before court,” the report added.
An 18-year-old Uk-based Ghanaian lady, Princess Owusu Ansah, has allegedly stabbed and poured boiling water on her friend in response to claims of having an affair with her lover.
The distressing episode unfolded when a video clip captured by Owusu Ansah on her mobile phone went viral on Snapchat.
The footage depicted the victim cowering under a duvet, screaming in agony as Owusu Ansah threw a kettle of boiling water over her.
Moments prior to the assault, Owusu Ansah is heard accusing her friend of engaging in relationships with other people’s partners and acting as though she could escape the consequences. After delivering a series of punches, she proceeded to pick up a silver knife, striking it against a radiator before stabbing her victim in the leg.
The attack took place on February 2, 2023, at the victim’s residence in the Dog Kennel Estate, Dulwich. Eventually managing to escape, the injured woman fled into the street and was later treated at Kings College Hospital for non-life-threatening stab wounds.
Members of the public who had seen the disturbing video on Snapchat promptly alerted the MetropolitanPolice.
In March, Owusu Ansah, hailing from Royston, pleaded guilty to charges of grievous bodily harm and criminal damage during her appearance at Inner London Crown Court.
On May 9, during her subsequent court appearance, Owusu Ansah received a three-year prison sentence for the heinous assault.
On Monday, May 8, some youth in theKaraga District of the Northern Region demolished properties owned by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the area.
The reason for the destruction is suspected to be a result of the arrest of some youth of the town over their alleged involvement in the murder of a sub-chief of Karaga, Issahaku Adam.
The chief who is one of the sub-chiefs under the new Karaga Naa, Kar Naa Natogmah Abdulai was attacked and murdered on April 6.
In total, three persons were arrested to assist with investigations.
A sub-chief believed to be in his late 50s, Issahaku Adam, was on Thursday night, April 6, shot dead by some unknown assailants in Karaga in the Northern Region.
According to the police who confirmed the incident to Citi News, the killing is in connection with the Karaga chieftaincy dispute.
The sub-chief reportedly went to the Karaga Palace to pay homage and on his return, was shot by some unknown persons.
A 42-year-old woman has lost her life in a rather bizarre incident. The sad incident occurred after the woman‘s engagement with a pastor who allegedly administered ‘spiritual oil’ on her.
According to reports, the victim, Ama Nkansah Appiah, suffered from burns caused by the ‘spiritual oil’ during a deliverance session.
The incident happened on April 25, 2023, at Akyem Asawase, a suburb of Akyem Awisa in the Birim South District of the Eastern Region.
According to Adwoa Gloria, the junior sister of the deceased, her sister went to the pastor for spiritual consultation and returned home with burns.
She was admitted to the Oda Government Hospital but later transferred to the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, where she eventually died on May 2.
When the family contacted the pastor, he denied any wrongdoing. However, it was later discovered that the pastor’s left hand and feet were also burnt.
Further investigations revealed that Pastor Owusu allegedly used a spiritual oil during his usual incantations, which resulted in the fire that caused the woman’s injuries.
Mrs. Priscilla Asmah, another sister of the deceased, clarified that rumours circulating in Akyem Oda suggesting that her sister had been attacked by a jealous spouse were false.
The pastor has since been detained by the Akyem Oda Police, as the family of the deceased seeks justice for their departed sister.
The incident has raised concerns about irresponsible spiritual practices and the need for regulation in the industry.
A six-month-old baby has been found dead in a Polytank filled with water at a construction site at the Nkurakan community in Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region.
The baby got missing on Saturday, May 6, 2023, but was found drowned in Polytank erected about 8 feet tall above ground level the next day Sunday afternoon.
The mother is said to have left the now-deceased baby in the custody of other children to fetch water. But upon return, the children told her a man came around and picked up the baby.
A frantic search for the baby proved futile on the fateful Saturday.
A continuous search on Sunday found the baby drowned in a Polytank at a construction site near the house.
A ladder was used to climb the Polytank to get inside to retrieve the body of the baby.
The body has been deposited at the morgue of Eastern Regional Hospital by Police to aid the investigation.
The police in the Ashanti Region are currently investigating circumstances leading to the alleged butchering of a toddler by the son of a landlord.
Reports gathered indicates that the suspect allegedly killed the toddler after an altercation with the child’s father, who is a tenant in their house.
The incident is said to have occurred at Adankwame within the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region on Friday, May 5, 2023.
According to the available details, the suspect, Emmanuel, inflicted machete wounds on the landlord and sister of the deceased.
The two were rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where they were being treated.
The deceased’s mother, Janet Owusuwaa, told the media, “My husband left for work in the morning and returned home in the evening between 4pm and 5pm. My son ran to hug his father to welcome him. It was around that time that our landlord’s son who was wielding a machete confronted my husband. He butchered my son and my husband.
He also attacked my daughter, who attempted to save my son. We then had to run away. All three people have been sent to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. The toddler, who is one year and four months old, has, however, died.
Two new suspects have been arrested in connection with the 2019 murder of Josephine Asante Tandoh, a manager of Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA).
The Daily Guide and The Chronicle newspapers are both reporting that police have recently nabbed two suspects linked to the murder.
The suspects, Richard Kwabena Kwakye, alias Kwabena Boateng, 37-year-old former GPHA driver, and Dominic Owusu, a 51-year-old taxi driver, were apprehended after fleeing to Burkina Faso following the incident on January 13, 2019, the Daily Guide report said.
This new development in the matter which has traveled over 3 years, is said to have a link with a top hierarchy of the company as the prime suspect purportedly mentioned, the report added.
Two people had previously been standing trial over the incident.
They were Christian Agyei, 22, the deceased’s house boy and Amos Apraku, driver who were facing committal proceedings till date.
When the case was called on Monday, the Prosecution informed the Tema District Court that they were withdrawing the charges leveled against the previous accused persons based on advice from the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, the Daily Guide report added.
In the case of the two new suspects, the local newspapers are reporting that they were arraigned and remanded by a Tema District Court to assist with further investigations as police press on to ascertain the rationale behind the heinous crime.
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder contrary to section 23(1) and 40 of the criminal offences act 1960 (Act 29) and murder contrary to section 46 of the criminal offences act 1960 (Act 29).
Police have yet to confirm the latest development.
A machete attack launched on a family by a 35-year-old landlord has led to the demise of a one year old.
The incident happened in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District of the Ashanti Region, leaving one dead.
The suspect who was only identified as Emmanuel reportedly killed a one and half year old Samuel Amo, and inflicted multiple machete wounds on father and sibling of the deceased, Mr. Obed Asamoah and Bridget Owusu, 19.
Mother of the deceased, Janet Owusua in an interview with OTEC News Jacob Agyenim Boateng said the sad incident occurred on Friday, May 5, 2023.
She narrated the story, “My husband had just returned from work when the incident happened, he was carrying my son now deceased, when the suspect confronted him and asked that we pack out of the house”.
“Before my husband could reply to him, the suspect cut both the child and his father and begun butchering them, my 19-year-old daughter who was at the scene rushed to pick up the little boy who had fallen on the ground after the attack, but she was also butchered in the process “.
“I went out in desperation for help but the boy was dead when I arrived with people at the scene with both my daughter and husband battling for their lives”.
She disclosed that the three victims were rushed to the emergency ward of the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital for treatment but the boy was confirmed dead.
Arrest
The suspect was said to have gone into hiding after committing the crime but was flushed out from his hideout a day later.
He was arrested by some residents in the area after confessing his crime to a local pastor in the area.
The suspect is currently in police custody assisting investigations.
A Police Constable has been fatally shot by an Assistant Police Superintendent.
He was shot dead by an ASP in Bibiani in the Western North Region.
According to reports, the incident happened on Friday evening during a trip from Bibiani to Sefwi Wiawso after an operation.
But the report noted that details of the incident are sketchy however, information gathered from police sources indicate that the ASP engaged the Constable (name withheld) over his behaviour in a heated argument before he was shot.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service says it has commenced investigations into the matter.
The best friend of the suspect connected to the killing of Victoria Tetteh, a 23-year-old girlfriend at Dunkwa-Mfuom in the Upper Denkyira East Municipality of the Central Region, has been apprehended by the Dunkwa Divisional Police Command.
He was arrested in his store at Mfuom based on intelligence gathered by police in the late hours of Wednesday 04, 2023.
However, the main suspect is currently on the run.
Stephen Tetteh, a senior brother of the deceased confirmed the arrest.
He alleged that all information that led to the death of their beloved sister were relayed by him to the main suspect.
Tetteh revealed that though they are unable to track the suspect’s location, he has been using the deceased phone which he seized to chat some people.
He appealed to the police to thoroughly investigate, and apprehend the main suspect for justice to prevail.
On Tuesday dawn between 12:00 hours and 01:00 hours, a jealous boyfriend allegedly murdered his girlfriend to death with building blocks over misunderstandings.
It has been gathered that the boyfriend accused the lady of cheating with another, bringing about the anger, envy and hatred which led to her demise.
The boyfriend (main suspect) happens to spend huge monies on the girl and after detecting the act resulted in her gruesome murder.
The body of the deceased was picked up by the police and deposited at the morgue for examination, autopsy and preservation.
Convicted Asabke Alangde, who has been sentenced to death after a seven-member jury panel found him guilty has filed a notice of appeal urging the Court of Appeal to set aside his conviction
Asabke, a former Station Master of Bolgatanga-Kumasi Lorry Station was unanimously found guilty after the jury returned a guilty verdict for him on conspiracy.
But returned a 4:3 verdict not guilty for him and Gregory Afoko for the charge of murder while the court had ordered for Afoko’s retrial who also had a 4:3 verdict on conspiracy in his favour.
The two were accused for the acid incident which led to the death of New Patriotic Party’s Upper East Regional Chairman in May 20, 1015.
Six days after his conviction, documents sighted by Starrfm.com.gh indicated that the lawyers for Asabke have filed a notice of appeal to the appeal court for his conviction and the entire ruling to be set aside.
“Please take notice that the 2nd Accused / Appellant herein being dissatisfied with the ruling/conviction by Her Ladyship Wood JA (sitting as an additional High Court Judge) delivered on the 27 of April 2023 at the High Court, [General Jurisdiction 11], Accra, hereby Appeals to the Court of Appeal on the grounds set out in paragraph 2 below and will at the hearing of the Appeal seek the relief set out in paragraph 3 below,” the notice of Appeal filed on Wednesday, May 3, stated.
Grounds of Appeal
Per the groups of Appeal, the notice of appeal states that, “the trial judge failed to adequately direct the jury on the offence of conspiracy in the summing up leading to misdirection and conviction of the 2nd Accused/ Appellant.
“The unanimous verdict reached by the jury on conspiracy and a 4-3 majority verdict for murder for the 2nd Accused/Appellant; and 4-3 majority verdict on both counts of Conspiracy and murder in favour of the 1s Accused person, on the same set of facts and charges cannot be grounded in law and thus void.
“The conviction of the 2nd Accused/Appellant is erroneous and same is not supported by the evidence adduced at the trial.
He is seeking for a relief that, “the entire ruling / conviction of the High Court dated 27 April, 2023 be set aside.”
EIB Network’s Legal Affairs Correspondent, Murtala Inusah, gathered that, his legal team are also contemplating filing Certiorari at the Supreme Court to Quash the conviction of ASABKE on grounds of errors on the record.
*Jury verdict*
The seven member panel on Thursday , April 27, unanimously found him guilty for the offense of conspiracy for murder but returned a 4:3 verdict for him for murder
For Gregory Afoko, the jury which comprised of four ladies and three men also returned a 4:3 not guilty verdict in his favour on both counts of conspiracy and murder.
Justice Afua Merley Wood, a Justice of the Court of Appeal said per the law, said, a 4:3 means it is a “Hung jury” and Afoko must be Retried before another jury.
Before passing her sentencing, the judge said. “Asabke Alangde, the men and women you have chosen to try you have found you guilty of conspiracy,” the court informed him.
Asabke in his last words to the court said, “I have not done anything. I’m pleading with the court.”
Justice Wood while passing her sentence said, “you are sentenced to death by hanging. May God have mercy on your soul.”
Head pastor of Alabaster International Ministries, Prophet Kofi Oduro, has urged the Ghana Police Service to cut ties with the officer who is accused of killing his fiancée over reports of a breakup.
Prophet Oduro strongly condemned the officer’s behavior, stating that he does not deserve to wear the police uniform.
Speaking in a sermon to his congregation on Sunday, April 30, 2023, Prophet Oduro expressed his disappointment at the officer’s actions, calling him disgraceful and unworthy of a police officer.
He further stated that the police service should send a message to the officer that his behavior was unacceptable and that he should not be allowed to tarnish the image of the force.
Prophet Oduro also criticized the officer’s personal life, stating that it was a “nonsense lifestyle” for him to be having extramarital affairs while having a wife and children.
“I don’t even want to mention police because he has brought disgrace to the profession. And the police service must be able to, you know come out and detach themselves from that young man.
“He doesn’t deserve to be in that uniform, because I know some very integral and very high-level people sitting here right now who are also wearing that uniform, but that nonsense the young man did, they can’t do it.
“Nonsense lifestyle, you have a wife and still dating behind her, how much is your salary for you to fornicate? And we should be able to tell him, what I am saying, send it to him in police remand to watch because he has behaved foolishly, officer, you have behaved foolishly,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service has announced the arrest of Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, a police officer who is suspected of shooting and killing a woman believed to be his girlfriend.
The incident took place on Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region.
Following the shooting incident, the suspect went into hiding, and a special police operation was launched to track him down.
The operation, according to the police, eventually led to the suspect’s arrest on Sunday, April 23, 2023, in Sekyere, near Effiduase in the Ashanti Region.
A man suspected to be a serial killer has killed his wife and inflicted cutlass wounds on his father-in-law, according to a report by Accra-based UTV.
The man, said to be a wife beater, by a witness to the marriage lamented how the deceased had been serially begged to return to her matrimonial home whenever the husband’s actions caused her to leave.
“I was the linguist at their marriage and I have known all the issues that plagued their union,” the witness told reporters stressing that it was unfortunate the role that some clergymen played in begging her each time to return to the abusive husband.
Relatives and friends were gathered at the lady’s home in Nungua wailing over her loss.
Pastor Boafo of Calvary Baptist speaking at the home lamented the death and the circumstances leading to it before calling on government to ensure that justice is served.
“Things are getting worse. The nation must speak. Young people have been left to be committing crime. I beg the nation not to coverup the issues.
“He committed the crime in front of people I know personally, this is not heresy. We beg the government to take action and deliver justice.”
According to some accounts, he killed the wife and committed suicide over her insistence on proceeding with a divorce.
A mother and her 9-year-old daughter have been discovered dead with axe wounds in their Roselle home on Wednesday, and police in New Jersey have opened an investigation.
According to NBC New York, the bodies of 9-year-old Kelsey Morrison and Keisha Morrison, 45, were found in their home after the minor failed to show up for school and efforts to get in touch with her mother had proven futile.
The deceased woman’s husband, Gary Morrison, is said to have come across bloody sheets in their bedroom after he rushed home to check on the victims. Officers who later responded to the scene found the bodies of the two victims under a bed. Atasha Scott, who is Gary’s sister, told the news outlet that the attacker “wrapped them up in bed sheets, and stuffed them under my niece’s bed.”
Gary also found a bloody axe – which was purported to be the murder weapon – in their residence. “On the floor, it seemed like somebody was trying to clean up blood, like it was swirled around,” Scott said.
Gary’s brother, Evory Morrison, was at the home when police arrived. Though he drove away in Keisha’s car, police managed to locate and arrest him – he is currently accused of car theft.
Evory had been staying in the house for more than two years, but he was told to move out not too long ago, per NBC New York. He had, however, not moved out at the time of the killings, and was at home when his brother returned to check on the victims.
“I can’t go into details exactly what occurred, but I can tell you she was uncomfortable and neither were his nieces with him being in the home, in the basement,” Scott said. She also alleged Evory was jealous of Gary and the things he had.
“[Keisha’s] birthday just passed on the 6th. We went partying — she, my brother, and I — for her birthday, her birthday month. This guy was jealous of my brother and what he had. He wanted what he had,” Scott added. “My daughter and her are best friends, I don’t know what I’m going to tell her.”
Prosecutors are yet to provide further information on the case.
A 35-year-old man, Dandu Painter, is accused of setting ablaze a 39-year-old man at Sefwi Bekwai in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai municipality of the Western North Region.
This allegedly happened because the deceased Kofi Kumi is said to have insulted Dandu’s wife’s private part.
According to Adom News, Kofi Kumi is reported to have visited a drinking spot to take alcoholic beverages but refused to pay for them.
The drinking spot attendant alerted Dandu Painter’s wife to collect her money from the deceased, inciting an altercation between the two parties which eventually had to be settled by their families.
However, people in the vicinity began to taunt and make fun of Kofi Kumi, even going as far as to insult Painter’s wife. Outraged, Dandu Painter is believed to have gone and bought fuel and turpentine to set Kofi Kuma ablaze in retaliation.
Kofi was taken to the Green Shield Hospital at Sehwi Bekwai, but was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Yaa Foriwaa, mother of the deceased, has requested the Sehwi Bekwai Police Command and the Inspector-General of Police to arrest the fugitive, Dandu Painter, and bring him to book.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at Sehwi Ahweaso Hospital for preservation.
The incident happened on Tuesday, April 25 around 3am.
The deceased per reports was returning back to his hostel after hours of studying on campus where he met these armed men.
He was attacked, robbed and ‘cutlassed’ on the head.
The student did not respond to treatment when he was later sent to Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The Tanoso Police is currently working on the case to immediately arrest the suspects.
Students of AAMUSTED are currently writing their end-of-semester examinations. During this period, security is heavy on campus since students study throughout the night.
The Police Officer at the centre of a murder case at Adum, in the Kumasi Metropolis, Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, has been remanded by the Asokore Mampong District Court.
This comes after the accused who is attached to the Ashanti regional SWAT unit of the Ghana Police Service allegedly shot his girlfriend five times, resulting in her demise.
His plea was not taken, and has provisionally been charged with murder.
He will reappear before the court on May 30, 2023.
Inspector Twumasi shot 26-year-old Victoria Dapaah popularly called Maadwoa at close range several times killing her instantly.
The incident occurred on Thursday, 20 April 2023 around 9:30 pm.
The victim was said to have been shot six times in her head, neck, chest, and stomach by Inspector Twumasi for allegedly cheating on him.
The suspect took to his heels in a Pragya tricycle after the crime was committed.
The elder brother of the deceased, Emmanuel Oppong who said he had earlier tried to prevent her sister from going out told Class News’ Elisha Adarkwah that he heard the gunshots and rushed to the scene to see his sister in a pool of blood.
Oppong said they rushed her to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) and was pronounced dead upon arrival.
The recent murder of a 28-year-old woman by her alleged boyfriend in Kumasi has been described as a cowardly act by Kennedy Kankam, the municipal chief executive for the Asokore Mampong Constituency.
According to the MCE, the decision by the suspect alleged to be a police officer is an act of pure wickedness, influenced by a lack of courage.
“What happened is a very wicked act. I don’t know what thing or property the person may have given to the lady… is he the only person who may have experienced a broken heart? A lot of people have been heartbroken but the way in which he emptied his magazine and shot her with 8 bullets he set out to murder her.
“In all it is wicked, it is barbaric it is something which I cannot even find the right word to describe but when you look at it he is a coward; he is not a man. He is a true coward,” he bemoaned during an interview on Hello FM.
The incident took place on Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Kumasi, the capital city of the Ashanti Region.
Inspector Ahmed Twumasi stationed at the Manhyia Palace among the Palace security, was declared as the suspect in the alleged murder of a 26-year-old mother of one, Maa Adwoa at Adum in the Ashanti region.
The police Inspector was also a member of the Ashanti regional police command’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit.
He allegedly shot his girlfriend (side chick) five times, according to police sources over cheating.
The deceased, according to a close friend, became furious and broke up with Twumasi Ahmed, the police officer.
The police officer then asked her to forget the issue and begged her to reconsider the breakup decision.
While trying to reconcile with the lady without any sign of progress, the suspect allegedly, pulled a sidearm and shot her five times until she bled and passed on.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Police Service on Sunday, April 23, 2023, announced the arrest of Inspector Ahmed Twumasi who had gone into hiding after committing the crime.
“The Police have this evening arrested a Police officer, Inspector Ahmed Twumasi, who is alleged to have shot and killed a female adult, who was believed to be his girlfriend. The shooting incident occurred in Kumasi, in the Ashanti region, on Thursday, 20th April 2023.
“The suspect, who has been on the run since the incident, was arrested at Sekyere, near Effiduase in the Ashanti Region as a result of a special Police operation, which was launched following the shooting incident,” the Police Service said in a statement.
A police officer at the center of a murder case in Adum, Kumasi has been declared wanted by the Ghana Police Service.
Inspector Ahmed Twumasi is being sought over the alleged murder of a 26-year-old mother of one Maa Adwoa at Adum in the Ashanti region.
The police officer, popularly known as Tycoon, is stationed in Manhyia Palace among Palace security.
Mr. Twumasi has been identified as the suspect who murdered a 26-year-old mother of one Maa Adwoa on Thursday 20th April 2023 at Adum in front of Dufie Towers in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi.
The police Inspector is also a member of the Ashanti regional police command’s Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit.
He allegedly shot his girlfriend (side chick) five times according to police sources over cheating which is closely associated with the deceased.
The deceased, according to a close friend, became furious and broke up with Twumasi Ahmed, the police officer.
The police officer now at large then asked her to forget the issue and begged her to reconsider the breakup decision.
While trying to reconcile with the lady without any sign of progress the suspect then, allegedly, pulled a sidearm and shot her five times until she bled and passed on.
Police sources in Kumasi say their colleague at the moment is at large and they are doing everything to arrest him to assist in investigations.
Other sources from Manhyia Palace also disclosed the suspect after committing the alleged crime, allegedly called a driver in the Palace known as (4040) and briefed him of a crime he has committed on Thursday evening and also served him notice of going to commit suicide.
Reports coming in indicates that that a police inspector is behind the murder of a lady known as Maadwoa, who was shot to death in Adum, Kumasi.
According to him, information available to him showed that the said inspector worked with the police SWAT unit in the Ashanti region and was promoted to police inspector in December 2022.
Maadwoa was alleged to have been shot five times in Kumasi, which caused outrage among Ghanaians, particularly social media users with many calling for justice for the victim.
“Our investigations have revealed that the person is a police officer, he wears a uniform, let me put it that way and his rank is not just an ordinary policeman but a higher rank.
“He is a uniformed man, so someone might say that he is either a police officer or a soldier, but 99% of the fact is that he is a policeman…my investigation also shows that he has worked at the Kumasi SWAT unit and has been transferred, he also had his promotion this Christmas. In fact, what we have heard is that his rank is police inspector… yes, he is an inspector. He has dated the lady before even though he is married with children,” he said in Twi.
Speaking in an interview with Hello FM on April 21, 2023, Samson Kwame Nyamekye revealed that preliminary information from the police indicates that they had gone into the inspector’s house but he was nowhere to be found. This has led to speculation that the suspect may be on the run.
“As I speak, the police have gone to his house and he is nowhere to be found…I believe that he might be having a visa that can allow him to run away, so if the police can publish his details, I think that will be fine,” he added.
Reports on April 21, 2023, from Adum, Kumasi, stated that the life of a young lady, identified as Maadwoa, was cut short by her boyfriend, who shot her five times.
Maadwoa, 26 years, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The police are on a manhunt for the male suspect who murdered his partner after a misunderstanding.
Friends and sympathizers to social media to mourn the death of Maadwoa and are demanding justice for her bereaved family.
A report by Kessben TV revealed that the sad incident took place on the evening of Thursday, April 20, 2023, at the forecourt of Dufie Towers in Adum.
Following the shooting at a 16th birthday celebration in Alabama over the weekend that left four people dead and 32 injured, two teenage males have been charged with murder.
According to the police, Ty Reik McCullough, 17, and Travis McCullough, 16, were detained on Tuesday night.
Four counts of reckless murder have been brought against each defendant, according to the authorities, and additional charges are anticipated.
The suspects would face adult-level charges, according to a prosecutor.
Officials gave relatively little details at a press briefing on Wednesday, saying that the investigation into the shooting on Saturday in Dadeville was only getting started. There was no mention of a motivation or the kind of weapon used.
Four of the 32 injured people are still being treated at hospitals, and four of them are currently in serious condition, according to the police.
“We are going to make sure everyone of those victims has justice and not just the deceased,” Sergeant Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) said.
The agency added: ” These individuals have been charged after a complex and thorough investigation was conducted with assistance from a multitude of law enforcement agencies.”
Until Wednesday, police had offered few details since the shooting on any suspects in the case.
The deceased victims have been identified as Marsiah Collins, 19; Phil Dowdell, 18; Corbin Holston, 23; and Shaunkivia Smith, 17.
Mr Dowdell died trying to save his sister Alexis, his family has said. He was a star athlete on his high school’s American football team and had been due to graduate to go to Jacksonville State University on a sports scholarship.
One of his friends and school football teammate told the BBC: “Phil to me was an amazing friend. God’s got an angel.”
There were about 50 people at the party, which was held at a local dance studio.
Dadeville, a town of roughly 3,000 residents, is about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of the state capital of Montgomery.
Mduduzi Nxele, a former AmaZulu footballer, was discovered dead in his house on Tuesday.
The North Coast Rising Sun said that Nxele, 41, was discovered hanged in a bedroom of his Westham residence.
His wrists and feet were shackled, which raises suspicions that he may have been murdered. On the site, there was no sign of suicide.
Phoenix police communications officer Louise Naidoo said to the publication:
“The deceased, 41-year-old Mduduzi Nxele was found hanged in his room. His nephew, Asanda Nxele stated that he last saw his uncle the previous day.
He also said that he noticed that the door of the deceased’s outbuilding was slightly opened and jammed with a mat. Upon opening the door by force, he found the man hanging from the ceiling.
“The nephew found his uncle’s hands tied to the front with a cord while his feet were tied with a shoelace.
There was no suicide note at the scene nor did it seem that there was any struggle involved. Investigators, however, did find different types of beer bottles at the scene.”
Former Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu player Siyabonga Nomvethe said of the incident:
“Nxele was a good player, full of respect because we come from the same township – KwaMashu. This brutality of him being killed like this, it is painful because I don’t remember him as a person who was troublesome because he was a football player.”
“I spoke to him about bringing his young boy to AmaZulu to try his luck for trials during the off-season because we don’t have space for trials when the season of the DDC is on.”
A lady, Bogpoka Banga is said to have murdered her 39-year-old husband, Agyei Abanga in their bedroom at Logre, Nabdam District,Upper East Region.
A report by the Chronicles newspaper on April 18, 2023, stated that the deceased’s body was found by family members after his first child (daughter), who escaped from her mother, informed her grandmother and the rest of the family about the issue.
The culprit is said to have run to nearbyWalewalewith three of their children.
The newspaper reported that the daughter informed the extended family that her father was hit with an object, locked up and asked to leave for Walewale.
Bawa Dagal-Kurug, head of the bereaved family, said, shortly after they received the news, they searched for her whereabouts.
He gave an account of the issue to the newspaper.
“He lives in his house with his wife alone, though he used to live in the extended family with us. He still has a room here. His name is Agyei, a contractor. He has four kids; the eldest among them came to the extended family to report that their mother woke them up early at dawn with them (the kids). The kids told her grandmother that she has seen the mother lock up their father in a room, with blood all over the place,” he said.
He added that when she is found, she will be made to face justice for the crime committed.
The police command in the Nabdam district, Inspector Amado Zakaria, said his outfit will work hand-in-hand with the family to ensure the culprit is arrested.
The Bekwai Circuit Court has reportedly remanded three persons into police custody in connection with the alleged murder of a 28-year-old woman, Vida Ennin, at Dwinase near Kokotro in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region.
According to a report by myjoyonline.com, the three persons remanded include prime suspect, 25-year-old Mary Akosua Agyemang, who is accused of killing Vida Ennin.
The two others are Felicia Sarpong, 61 years old and Ernest Achirem, 63 years old. They are accused of trying to protect the main suspect.
The report indicated that the prime suspect fought with the victim for gossiping about her over a man they had both dated.
They fought fiercely over their common lover, an excavator operator.
After the fight, Mary is reported to have left the scene of the scuffle to buy a sharp knife. She then returned to stab Vida in the face, breast, and palm which led to the victim bleeding to death.
Personnel of the Ghana Police Service in Bekwai arrested Mary after the death of Vida and also picked up Felicia Sarpong and Ernest Achirem.
They were remanded after they were arraigned before the Bekwai Circuit Court on Wednesday, April 12, 2023, and are expected to reappear in court on April 26, 2023.
Three people have been remanded in police custody for the alleged murder of a 28-year-old lady at Dwinase near Kokotro in the Bekwai Municipality of the Ashanti region.
Prime suspect, Mary Akosua Agyemang, 25 years, is alleged to have accosted the deceased, 28-year-old Vida Ennin, for gossiping about her over a man they have both dated.
The two women got into a brawl, Sunday evening, over who rightfully deserves to be the fiancée of the man, an excavator operator.
Mary is said to have left the scene of the brawl to buy a sharp knife. She allegedly returned to stab Vida in the face, breast and palm. She bled to death.
The Bekwai police later arrested Mary, also known as Serwaa, together with two others – Felicia Sarpong, 61 years and Ernest Achirem, 63 years – accused of attempting to shield Mary from arrest.
The deceased Vida Ennin
All three were arraigned before the Bekwai Circuit Court on Wednesday and have been remanded in police custody to assist in investigations.
At Sefwi Anwiam in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipalityof the Western North Region, a 43-year-old man Kwadwo Affum, has been stabbed to death.
The sudden incident occurred on Wednesday, 5th April 2023 around 7:30 pm near the house of the deceased.
According to reports, the suspect, Adamu Buzanga popularly known as Biegya who is in his late 50s has been living peacefully with the deceased in the same vicinity for a couple of years until Wednesday’s encounter.
Even though Kwadwo Affum is said to have separated from his wife, he left behind five children consisting of four boys and a girl between the ages of one and sixteen.
The matter has been reported to the Sefwi Wiawso District Police Command. The Police team managed to rescue the suspect from a mob action and put him in police custody on Wednesday night.
The Assemblyman for Sefwi Anwiam, Isaac Asante who kept the suspect in his house until the arrival of the police told Citi News the mob pursued the suspect and his family in their quest to take revenge on him.
A woman who threatened to divorce her 71-year-old blind husband has allegedly been killed by the man.
The incident happened at Nkawkaw Abepotia in the Kwahu West Municipality of the Eastern Region.
According to Angel FM’s Eastern Regional correspondent, Oheneba Siaw, the deceased, 65, threatened to divorce his blind husband after 28 years of marriage.
The suspect, George Mudor is alleged to have committed the crime while the wife was asleep on March 14, 2023.
The suspect is quoted to have said that, his late wife is unappreciative because they had happier times together when he wasn’t blind, but because of his current state, she decided to leave him.
He added that his late wife had been threatening to divorce him which did not sit well with him.
George Mudor has been arrested and is assisting the Nkawkaw divisional police with investigations, while Grace’s body has since been taken to the Holy Family Hospital morgue for autopsy.
