A 72-YEAR-OLD farmer was shot dead at Mpataba in the Jomoro District of the Western Region on Christmas day.
Police sources said the incident could be linked to a raging dispute over a piece of farmland.
Nyangah Abangah died on his way home from farm in the company of his wife at about 9:30 p.m.
The assailant shot the legs of Nyangah’s 62-year-old wife, Abena Abangah, and robbed the couple of the money they had from the sale of cocoa.
The police said Nyangah and his wife were returning from the farm after the sale of some cocoa to join the rest of their family for the Christmas celebration when they were attacked by the suspect, identified as John Mensah, aka Mmofra-Mmofra.
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Axim Government Hospital morgue, while his wife is currently on admission at the St Martin de Porres Hospital at Ekwei in the Ellembele District of the Western Region.
John Mensah has since been arrested, together with two other suspects, Amo Kablan and Ndaah Ackah, and placed in police custody to help in investigations.
According to the Half-Assini District Police Commander, DSP John F. Dzineku, the deceased and one of the suspects, Ndah Ackah, had a long-standing dispute over a farmland.
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