From Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Sekondi
A farmer, James Kofi Mensah, has been arrested by the Bibiani police for allegedly strangling his one-and-half-year-old son at Basinkele, a village near Bibiani in the northern part of the Western Region.
Mensah was said to have strangled his son under the influence of a locally brewed gin (akpeteshi), last Saturday, July 11, 2009, at a time when most residents were glued to their television sets watching activities of the visit of the American President and his wife while others were on their farms.
The suspect, Kofi Mensah, is said to be temperamental and usually engages his wife in fights.
Last Saturday, in one of his fits of anger, Mensah was said to have taken advantage of his wife’s absence and strangled their son who he later dumped at a ticket near his house.
Mensah was apprehended when the police traced the blood vomited by the little boy from around the ticket, where he was dumped to his room where the strangulation took place.
The body of the little boy has since been deposited at the Bibiani Government Hospital for autopsy.
According to the police, Mensah had a misunderstanding with his wife, the mother of the child, as a result of which the woman relocated to another house, a few metres from her matrimonial home.
This was to avert further confrontations between them, but Mensah went for the child and strangled him.
The police said Mensah who could not explain why he did that was seen by some members of the community in the late afternoon with the child.
According to the police, Mensah’s wife returned from the farm in the evening and was looking for the child but to no avail. This prompted her to rush to the chief’s palace to make a report and gong gong was beaten to announce the disappearance of the child.
On hearing the sound of the gong gong, Mensah dragged the dead child to a nearby ticket and dumped his body there in the night.
A search party was organised early the following morning, which was a Sunday.
The search party was said to have combed every part of the town and later moved to the house of Mensah where traces of blood from the dead child were found near his house.
The elders of the town immediately informed the police who arrested him.
The Bibiani District Police are currently continuing with their investigations.
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