An ex-convict has appeared before a circuit
court, here, for allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old man to death at Ejura, in the
Ashanti Region.
Kofi Appiah, the suspect, according
to statement issued by the Ashanti Regional Police Command, signed by
Assistant Superintendent of Police Godwin Ahianyo, head of Public Affairs, has been remanded into prison custody.
The suspect, who was said to have engaged the unidentified
victim in a fight at Ejura over GH¢1,000
on Wednesday, May 1, 2019, went into hiding until he was arrested on Wednesday,
October 1, 2019.
The statement has appealed to the public to help
locate the family of the victim, adding, “Anyone who has a relative who left
home and has since not returned or being heard of, and fits the description,
should contact the Ejura District Police Command.”
Images circulated by the police shows the deceased, who is dark in complexion with a thin nose, lying with his face upward, with sustained multiple knife wounds.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the mortuary at Mampong Government Hospital.
FROM KINGSLEY E. HOPE, KUMASI
