A man believed to be in his late forties has allegedly beheaded his landlord at Yaw Anane, a farming community in the Bia West District of the Western North Region.
The sad incident happened on Monday, August 21, 2023.
The deceased and suspect are both farmers. But the victim, identified as Kwasi Antoh, 60, owned the farm, and the suspect, Yaw Wotoro, was the farm keeper.
According to the Assemblyman for Nafana electoral area, Augustine Bediako, the owner of the farm, Kwasi Antoh visited his farm but was not happy about the state of the farm as it had been overgrown by weeds which he complained about.
But the suspect was also not happy with the expression of the farm owner, and out of frustration, Yaw Wotoro, the suspect took a cutlass and slashed the neck of his landlord at the back of his house and went into hiding.
The residents formed a search party and arrested the suspect who is in police custody at Akatiso assisting investigations.