A man has died after his houseboy used a shovel to hit him to death after an argument escalated in his house.
*Photo used for illustrative purpose*
A houseboy at Ofankor in the Ga West municipality of the Greater
Accra Region of Ghana has been arrested for allegedly killing his
'master', Samuel Kwabena Poku, aged 60.
According to MyJoy, the suspect, Vanwood Kofi Asante, who is in the
Custody of the Ministries Police Station and expected to appear before
the court today, Friday March 17, 2017 has accordingly confessed to
killing Mr. Poku.
Information gathered revealed that Mr Poku had returned from his
base in London to attend a friend’s funeral in Ghana and to undertake
some investment projects.
Initially, the family of the deceased, based on information given
to it by the suspect, had reported to the Ofankor police that Mr. Poku
had gone missing. The suspect was said to have told the family that Mr
Poku left home to meet some unnamed persons who had called him for a
purported meeting.
However, all efforts by his family to reach him on phone proved
futile, which led to suspicion that something untoward might have
happened to him. His son then had to travel from Kumasi to Accra to
inquire about what might have gone wrong.
However, on Wednesday, March 15, the truth came out when the deceased’s burnt body was discovered at the Police Hospital morgue.
His charred body was said to have been discovered around Pokuase,
Accra, and was sent to the hospital for an autopsy, with residents
suspecting that the man might have been lynched by armed robbers.
Some neighbours of the deceased who became suspicious, caused the
arrest of the houseboy for interrogation claiming that they heard the
man shouting for help previously.
The case was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department
(CID) headquarters and it was learnt later upon interrogation that the
suspect confessed killing his master.
According to sources who witnessed the interrogation process, the
houseboy narrated that he killed Mr Poku after a short argument. The
argument resulted from a claim by the houseboy that he had used an
undisclosed amount of money to do some maintenance works in the house of
his boss and wanted a refund.
But his boss only promised him GHS 1,000 which he (houseboy) claimed was too meagre.
In the heat of the argument, Mr Poku had reportedly asked the suspect to pack out of his Ofankor ' house, resulting in a fight.
According to the suspect, Mr. Poku used a shovel to hit him, an
aggression which he returned by using the same shovel to hit him to
death.
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