Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduor
Autopsy
has reportedly been performed yesterday on the body of the late Asamponhene,
Oheneba Kwadwo Aforduor.
The
exercise was carried out by senior pathologists at the Komfo Anokye Teaching
Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi.
Post-mortem
Sources
at KATH said a police team, including some senior officers and top
investigators, was present during the important medical exercise to ascertain
the actual cause of death.
Another
source disclosed that some family members of the late chief were allowed to
witness the medical exercise.
Chief’s Body
DAILY
GUIDE gathered that the chief’s body had been at the KATH morgue since it was
discovered in a vehicle on the outskirts of Ejura.
The
performance of the post-mortem on the body, a police source disclosed, would go
a long way to aid their investigations.
A
source said even though there were viable marks of stabbing on the chiefs’
body, the autopsy would determine the exact cause of death.
The
gruesome murder of the Asamponhene has sent shockwaves in Kumasi and the police
are making strenuous efforts to pick up and interrogate one Sadat Mohammed, 38,
aka Alhaji or Mallam, who the law enforcement agency suspects might know
something about the murder case.
The
chief was found murdered last week in his black Land Cruiser at a place called
Ebuom on the main Ejura-Nkoranza highway in the Ashanti Region.
Person of Interest
The
main person of interest in the case called Alhaji or Mallam is married to a
queen mother in Kumasi and since the unfortunate murder of the chief, his
phones have been switched off.
Benin
& Mali
The
Alhaji is said to have links in Benin and Mali but there is no official
information that he has left Ghana, even though the police said he and his wife
cannot be found in Kumasi.
Investigations
made by the police so far indicated that Alhaji was a close
friend of the late traditional leader.
The
Asamponhene, according to the police, visited Alhaji in his house at Odeneho Kwadaso
on Sunday morning. Later, the two friends travelled together on that same day.
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.
Some
hours later, the body of the chief was found in his black Land Cruiser vehicle
at Ejura.
The
police gathered that Alhaji then ‘vanished’ with his wife in a taxi, even
though they own a fleet of cars.
Alhaji’s Residence
After
several attempts to locate Alhaji had proved futile, the police entered the
house again and towed away Alhaji’s white Land Cruiser car to the police
headquarters in Kumasi.
The white Land Cruiser is not yet registered even though the provisional number plate shows that it was cleared from the Tema Port.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr; Kumasi
