{"id":395763,"date":"2017-06-15T03:41:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T03:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/15\/top-businessmans-name-pops-up-in-kumasi-hotel-murder\/"},"modified":"2017-06-15T03:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T03:41:59","slug":"top-businessmans-name-pops-up-in-kumasi-hotel-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/15\/top-businessmans-name-pops-up-in-kumasi-hotel-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Top businessman\u2019s name pops up in Kumasi hotel murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>78-year old Anthony Owusu Adomako was murdered at the lobby of Coconut Guest House<\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>A Kumasi-based businessman has been fingered as a key suspect by the family of the 78-year-old hotel owner who was stabbed to death on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of late Anthony Owusu Adomako, who suspect contract killing, have since filed a complaint with the police.<\/p>\n<p>They cite the businessman (name withheld) as a close business associate of the murdered hotel owner.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Relatives point to previous violent exchanges between Mr\u00a0Adomako and his business partner as grounds for their suspicion\u00a0in\u00a0the callous murder.<\/p>\n<p>They say before his death Mr Adomako accused the suspect of cheating him\u00a0in a business deal amounting to some thousands of Ghana cedis.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks before the attack that cost the life of Mr Adomako, a disagreement\u00a0erupted between the two over the failure of the businessman to fully\u00a0honour\u00a0his part of that\u00a0deal, the relatives say.<\/p>\n<p>The proprietor of Coconut Guest House died on arrival at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital after a masked man stabbed him several times in the lobby of the hotel at about 11 p.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A receptionist on duty had led the assailant at knife-point from the reception to the lobby where Mr. Owusu Adomako was relaxing after close of work.<\/p>\n<p>The 52-year-old receptionist reportedly locked the deceased and the assailant in whilst he sought help unsuccessfully from outside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/3806312199319_1005572793849.jpg\" style=\"height:427px; margin:4px; width:640px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1320760564\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Police have confirmed receipt of information from the family which is likely to influence their investigations but they will not give details.<\/p>\n<p>Public Relations Officer at the Ashanti Regional Command, ASP Juliana Obeng, says the family has given police some clues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [family] have spoken to us but it is something that we want to keep under our sleeves,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, police could sooner or later go after the businessman who Nhyira News sources say owns a\u00a0chain of businesses scattered across the Ashanti Region capital and other parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in touch with the family&#8230;They have given us some leads and at the appropriate time we are going to move on that lead or that piece of information that the family has given us,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Coconut Guest House remains closed.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>78-year old Anthony Owusu Adomako was murdered at the lobby of Coconut Guest House A Kumasi-based businessman has been fingered as a key suspect by the family of the 78-year-old hotel owner who was stabbed to death on Monday. 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