Two men arrested for murder - In two separate incidents

The woman, who was a petty trader, was the one who cooked for Afriyie, since he was not married.

Sympathisers who were attracted to the scene assaulted Afriyie, causing severe injuries to him, before they handed him over to the Sofoline Police around 12.30 p.m. Tuesday.

The police, therefore, had to rush the suspect to the Intensive Care Unit of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) where he is currently receiving medical attention under guard.

The body of Frimpomaa has been deposited at the KATH mortuary.

In a briefing, the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Mohammed Yusif Tanko, said the police had started investigations to determine the immediate event that triggered the alleged murder of Frimpomaa.

In the second case, a 44-year-old man, Kwame Twum, has found himself in the grip of the Agona Nyakrom District Police for allegedly murdering his 16-year-old stepdaughter at Agona Nkum.

The deceased, Janet Arthur, a Class Six pupil of the Agona Nkum Presby Basic School, is said to have accompanied her stepfather to the farm on December 21, 2012 but never returned home.

Her body was discovered by a man, Mensah Torsu on Sunday, January 6, 2013 when he visited his farm, where he found the decomposed body of the deceased buried on his plantain farm situated close to Twum’s farm.

The body, when exhumed, had the two arms and the foot bones missing. The police are awaiting the outcome of an autopsy.

The Agona Nyakrom District Police Commander, Superintendent Joseph N.K. Ackah, who confirmed the incident to graphic.com.gh on Monday, said the girl, popularly called Maame Yaa, was reported missing on December 21, 2012.

Since then, all efforts to trace her proved futile until her decomposed body was found buried on a farm.

He added that Torsu, who is a witness in the case, discovered the body on his farm and informed the landowner about it.

The two of them notified the Ebusuapanyin of the town and later alerted the police.

The police, after initial investigations, arrested Twum at his workplace.

Story by George Ernest Asare & Gilbert Mawuli Agbey