A young Ghanaian man identified as Vanwood Kofi Asante has been arrested for allegedly killing his boss, Samuel Kwabena Poku in the Ga West municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
Asante has confessed to killing his 60-year-old boss. He is presently in the Custody of the Ministries Police Station and had appeared before the Court on Friday March 17, 2017. This reportedly occurred after Mr Poku returned from his base in London to attend a friend’s funeral in Ghana and to undertake some investment projects.
The family of the deceased, had earlier reported at the Ofankor Police that Poku had gone missing based on information given to them by the suspect.
The suspect was said to have told the family that Mr Poku left home to meet some unknown persons who had called him for a supposed meeting.
The suspect was said to have told the family that Mr Poku left home to meet some unknown persons who had called him for a supposed meeting.
All efforts by his family to reach Poku on phone was unsuccessful, which led to suspicion that something unpleasant might have happened to him.
His son then had to travel from Kumasi to Accra to find out 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 murdered by armed robbers.
Some neighbours of the deceased who became suspicious, caused the arrest of the houseboy for interrogation alleging that they previously heard the man shouting for help.
The case was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters and it was learnt later upon interrogation that the suspect confessed to killing his master.
According to sources who witnessed the interrogation process, the houseboy narrated that he killed Mr Poku after an argument.
The argument resulted from an assertion by the houseboy that he had used an unrevealed amount of money to do some maintenance works in the house of his boss and wanted a reimbursement.
But his boss only promised him GHS 1,000 which he (Asante) alleged was too small. In the heat of the argument, Mr Poku had reportedly asked the suspect to pack out of his house, resulting in a fight.
The suspect said Poku used a shovel to hit him, an action which enraged him (Asante), causing him to use same shovel to hit Poku.
The argument resulted from an assertion by the houseboy that he had used an unrevealed amount of money to do some maintenance works in the house of his boss and wanted a reimbursement.
But his boss only promised him GHS 1,000 which he (Asante) alleged was too small. In the heat of the argument, Mr Poku had reportedly asked the suspect to pack out of his house, resulting in a fight.
The suspect said Poku used a shovel to hit him, an action which enraged him (Asante), causing him to use same shovel to hit Poku.
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