What started as a misunderstanding between a farm landlord and his 56-year-old tenant degenerated into a nasty incident when the landlord allegedly assaulted the tenant, leading to his death.
According to the police, after the assault, the landlord, whose name was only given as Bere Kwao, with the help of some people from the Bedibewu community conveyed the victim, Yakubu Apambilla, to the Prestea Government Hospital.
Those who accompanied the landlord to convey the deceased to the hospital said when the landlord realised the bad state in which the victim was, he absconded from the hospital. He is currently wanted by the police.
True to the fears of the runaway suspect, the victim died a few minutes after his assailant had vanished from the hospital premises.
The incident was then reported to the police at Prestea, who have initiated investigations and a search for the landlord.
According to the Regional Crime Officer, Mr Victor Agbetornyo, the police are currently searching for the suspect to establish exactly what made him assault Apambilla.
He said the villagers were of the view that, the quarrel might have ensued over the parcel of land which Bere Kwao had given out to Apambilla for farming purposes.
According to Mr Agbetornyo, since the community was a settler community with scattered hamlets, the police had to arrest the suspect to help them in their investigations.
He, therefore, used the opportunity to appeal to members of the public who might have any information about the whereabouts of Bere Kwao to report to the police.
Mr Agbetornyo also appealed to the public to control their temperament and advised that under no circumstance should anyone take the law into his own hands.
“In the face of fierce provocation, please control yourselves and keep faith with the police for redress and do not take the law into your own hands as actions taken in the heat of the moment were always regrettable”, he cautioned.
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