Police in Suhum, Eastern Region, are looking for a 22-year-old Okada rider who reportedly poisoned his partner in Koransang, Suhum Municipality, Eastern Region.
The Okada rider, only known as Akooko, was in a love connection with the dead, 17-year-old Matilda Dankwa, who had just finished Junior High School.
According to the local Assemblyman, the deceased who became pregnant for the Okada rider refused to abort the pregnancy when the suspect asked her to.
On Monday, the suspect arrived on his motorbike to look for the dead, and she was discovered with foam seeping from her lips a few minutes later. The police believe she was poisoned.
The police officers who went to the crime scene to transport the deceased’s body to the Suhum government hospital mortuary have launched an inquiry to catch the suspect, Akooko, who is presently on the run.
Ransford Norvor, Assemblyman for Koransang, confirmed the occurrence to the media, stating that “the deceased completed school this year.” Matilda Dankwa is her given name. According to an eyewitness, her lover took her up from home at 4 p.m. yesterday, and the news of her death was received within 30 minutes after they departed.”
“The eyewitness said the deceased was pregnant but her boyfriend wanted her to abort it which she refused so it is alleged that he poisoned her. So only the police can determine that because we can’t tell what really happened.”
The police are investigating the incident and are appealing to the public for any information that may lead to the arrest of the suspect.
