Murder at Kintampo

A Mosi man from Burkina Faso is presently in the grip of the Kintampo Police following his alleged involvement in the gruesome killing of a 70-year-old man at Kawampe, a farming community in the Kintampo North Municipality of the Brong Ahafo Region.

The Assemblyman for Kawampe Electoral Area, Caasum Mathias, confirmed to DAILY GUIDE that the suspect, Rashid Mumuni, 25, horribly killed the old man popularly known in the area as Tetteh, a Kroboman, on Monday evening, November 4, 2013, around 7pm when the victim was returning from his farm.

The dreaded killer beheaded the victim and cut off his two hands and kept them away from the rest of his body in the bush.

The body of the victim has since been deposited at the Kintampo Government Hospital pending autopsy, while the police have intensified their investigations to apprehend the said Sunyani-based businessman who allegedly ordered the killing.

According to the assemblyman, the Burkinabe, who claims to be a resident of Sunyani, confessed to the offence after his arrest by the community members during a search on Tuesday morning. There were blood stains all over his dress at the time of his arrest.

The killer, the assemblyman disclosed, also claimed that he was hired by a Sunyani-based businessman to kill somebody and bring the head and two hands to him (the businessman) for a fee of GH¢2,300 (¢23million), of which the suspect had already taken GH¢300 leaving a balance of GH¢2,000 which would have been given to him upon delivery of the said consignment.

Mr. Caasum explained that the entire community of Kawampe was shocked by the callous killing since it was the first time such a bizarre incident had happened in the area.

Meanwhile, the Brong Ahafo Regional Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Christopher Tawiah, has hinted DAILY GUIDE that the Regional Police Command has ordered for the transfer of the suspect and the docket from Kintampo for the case to be investigated and tried in Sunyani.

The paper also gathered that two children of the murdered man had since arrived in the region to arrange for the collection of his remains and subsequent burial.