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Otumfuo’s Chief ‘Killers’ Had Matches And Petrol

REPORTS THAT the killers of
Asamponhene, Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduor, tried to burn the chief and his Land Cruiser
vehicle in order to cover up their illegal action are unravelling.

DAILY GUIDE’s strenuous checks have revealed that a gallon,
containing petrol and matches (two objects usually used to start a fire), was
found at the scene where the chief’s body was dumped.

Huge Rock

A huge rock and a small fire extinguisher were also
found at the scene by some top police investigators from Kumasi, who visited
the scene on Monday afternoon to pick some possible leads.

Killed & Dumped

Already, the police are looking at the possibilities
that the chief was gruesomely killed in Kumasi and his body dumped on the
outskirts of Ejura, which is quite far from Kumasi.

A prospective witness in the case has told the police
that the prominent chief left the house on Sunday in Kumasi and said he was
going to visit someone in one of the suburbs also in Kumasi and within few
hours news came in that his body had been found at Ejura.

No Fresh Blood

The blood stains found in the Land Cruiser vehicle on
Sunday evening where the chief lied motionless were not fresh, suggesting the
body had been dumped there.

The source said the body was concealed in between the
front and the back seats of the car and added that it could have been difficult
for anybody including the police to detect it at a checkpoint if indeed he was
killed in Kumasi and transported to Ejura.

Furthermore, there are reports that the killers tried to
set the chief and his car on fire to delete evidence but the fire was not
extensive.

Emerging Issues

According to sources, the seat area of the driver of the
Land Cruiser was partly burnt and the police suspect the killers used the
matches and petrol to start the fire to delete possible traces.

Preliminary investigations indicated that the assailants
appeared to have tried to use the huge rock to smash the vehicle to make it
seem the chief had died through a car accident.

Sources said the small fire extinguisher found at the
scene had been used by the church members who helped put off the fire which had
just started.

The source said the attempt to burn the body of the chief
and the Land Cruiser gives credence to suspicion that the chief was killed at a
different location and the body was moved in his car to the outskirts of Ejura.

Alhaji Wanted

The Ashanti Regional Police Command has already declared
one Sadat Mohammed, 38, aka Alhaji, wanted over the murder of the Asamponhene.

According to the police, investigations made by them so far
indicate that Alhaji, who was a close friend of the late traditional leader,
might have a hand in the murder case.

The Asamponghene, according to the police, was said to
have visited Alhaji in his house at Odeneho Kwadaso on Sunday morning. Later, the
two friends travelled together on that same day.

Some hours later, the body of the chief was found in his
black Land Cruiser vehicle at Ebuom on the main Ejura-Nkoranza highway in the
Ashanti Region.

Alhaji’s Car Seized

Checks indicated that the police were indeed convinced
that Alhaji masterminded the murder of the chief, who was stabbed several times
to death.

Reports suggested that a group of police investigators
stormed the house of Alhaji at Odeneho Kwadaso on Sunday evening, few hours
after the body of the chief was found.

It was then gathered that Alhaji, who is married to a
prominent queen mother in one of the communities in Kumasi, had vanished with his
wife in a taxi, even though they own a fleet of cars.

After several attempts to locate Alhaji had proved
futile, the police stormed the house again and towed away Alhaji’s white Land Cruiser
car to the police headquarters in Kumasi.

DAILY GUIDE has gathered that some
people spotted Alhaji’s white Land Cruiser car closely following Asamponhene’s
black Land Cruiser around Ejura on Sunday afternoon.

Few hours later, his body was found motionless in his
Land Cruiser vehicle at Ebuom on the Ejura-Nkoranza highway.

Asamponhene Killed

The Asamponghene, who lived at Krofrom in Kumasi had
told his wife on Sunday morning that he was visiting a friend, who also lived
in another suburb of Kumasi, but he was not found alive again. The late chief
was said to have left his house around 9:30 am and nothing was heard from him
again.

Around 2 pm that same day, he was found dead in his car
at Ebuom on the Ejura-Nkoranza road.

There multiple wounds on his neck, rib and other parts
of his body which clearly have strong indication that he was murdered by some
people that also tried to burn him and his vehicle to cover their bad action.

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi

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