lynching

20 Oct

Woman, Son Arrested Over Killing Of Farmer

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A 57-year-old woman, Akua Kesewaa, and her 26-year-old son, Emmanuel Aboagye, are being investigated by the Oda Police for the lynching of a 56-year-old farmer at Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region. Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic at Oda last Tuesday, the Oda Municipal Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Daniel Amoako, said around 12.30 p.m. on October 12, 2023, Kesewaa returned home from a one-week observance of a deceased person at Manso to find a relative of hers, Kwame Poakwa, who had quit the family house for about 10 years and rented his room to someone, splashing water in…

25 Apr

Ex-Prison Officer Nearly Lynched For Stealing Cooking Utensils

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A former Prison Officer has been arrested and nearly lynched for allegedly stealing cooking utensils and building materials at Abura Dunkwa in the Central Region. The suspect who was reportedly sacked from the Prisons Service for alleged criminal conduct was busted on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at about 5:00 after he stole a sack full of cooking utensils. Before then, he had stolen building materials from nearby shop and had kept it elsewhere and after his arrest, he led the residents to where he’d kept the items and surrendered it. The suspect said to be an ex-convict was stripped naked…