Police detain suspect over death of Statistical Service employee

Bolgatanga, (Upper East) 10 Jan. '99,

Bolgatanga, (Upper East) 10 Jan. '99, A nineteen-year-old resident of Kongo Village near Bolgatanga, Anara Ajemkum, alias "Ninja", is helping the Bolgatanga Police in their investigations into the circumstances leading to the death of an employee of the Upper East Regional office of the Statistical Services Department. Ajemkum and one Ali Ayindeem, now at large, are believed to have caused the death of 55-year-old Tiyo Azuma. A statement released in Bolgatanga and signed by Police Inspector Thomas Agbanyo, Regional Police Public Relations officer, said on the evening of January one, 1999, Ajemkum was playing a violin in the market at Kongo, with Ayindeem dancing to the music. While dancing, a youngster name withheld, gave Ayindeem a shove which sent him sprawling on the ground. Ayindeem got up and confronted the boy but Ajemkum the violinist, accused him of trying to beat his brother and a fight ensued between them. The statement said the deceased, Mr Azuma, tried to disengage the two combatants but Ajemkum kicked him in the groin and he fell to the ground unconscious. When Azuma later regained consciousness he went to a clinic for treatment. On the morning of January third, a neighbour, who had not seen the deceased since daybreak, went to his compound only to find him dead in bed, the statement added. A report was made to the Police, who moved in and arrested Ajemkum. However, Ayindeem managed to run away. The statement said the body of the deceased has been deposited at the Bolgatanga Hospital mortuary for autopsy and the suspect will be put before court on a provisional charge of murder.