By Laudia Sawer, GNA
Ashaiman, Sept 15, GNA – Three bodies of
suspected ritual murder victims have been discovered at various locations in
the Ashaiman Municipality on early Sunday morning.
The dead, identified as 70 year old Ibrahim
Bagada Smaila, a watchman, Kobina, another 70 year old watchman and a 35 years
old called. Joshua Afuugu.
Information gathered by the Ghana News
Agency indicated that preliminary investigations by the Police revealed that
victims Smaila and Kobina had their tongues cut off while Afuugu’s left eye had
been removed.
Mr Razark Ibrahim, who discovered one of the
bodies, told the GNA that on September 15, 2019 at about 0545 hours, he went to
his Apsonic Motors shop at Ashaiman, and found his watchman, Smaila murdered
with his head covered with his attire.
Mr Ibrahim said he reported to the Police
and officers went to scene where they discovered that blood was oozing from his
eyes, nostrils, ears and mouth suggesting that some organs might have been
removed from the head.
He added that the victim’s phone and
torchlight were found beside his body with no indication of any break in at the
shop.
Information gathered indicated that just as
Police was about conveying Smalia’s body to the morgue, information was
received about the discovery of Kobina’s body at his work post at the Kasapreko
warehouse opposite the Ashaiman Senior High School which is about 50 metres
from the first incident.
He also had his face covered with his attire
and an indication of some head organs removed even though the warehouse was
intact.
Information on Afuugu’s body also reached
the police from Tulaku near the Ashaiman roundabout.
His head was also covered with his clothes
just like the other two, examination on his body also revealed the removal of
his left eye.
The bodies of the three had since been taken
away by the Police.
Efforts to get the police to comment on the
incident proved futile.
GNA
