Farmer kills wife's lover

A 48-year old farmer, Mathias Naa of Suoma-Dabo village in the Wa district of the Upper West Region, who could not bear the idea of another man sharing his wife with him, lay ambush and shot the man dead.

Mathias handed himself over to the Wa police after executing his plan to perfection. The deceased, Alex Zenye, met his death on February 22, when he was returning from a village market at about 10 pm on his bicycle. He was shot by the suspect on reaching the outskirts of Suoma-Dabo.

Briefing the ‘Times’ on the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Inspector Daniel Dorkpoh, said that Alex died instantly in the bush. Inspector Dorkpoh said that during interrogation, Mathias explained that the deceased had been “sharing” his second wife, Florence Naa, with him.

Mathias further stated that during the first week of February, he caught the deceased having sex with his wife in the bush. He reported the matter to the elders of the village and the deceased was warned to desist from the practice, but he continued the affair with his wife, hence his decision to “eliminate him,” the PRO added. The suspect has been placed in custody and is to be put before court soon.