{"id":676237,"date":"2019-08-08T17:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>The Eastern Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a Chief, Nana Ofori Bediako, at his residence in Akyem Osenase.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old man is believed to have been stabbed at his ho"},"modified":"2019-08-08T17:57:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T17:57:49","slug":"police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief&#8217;s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Eastern Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a Chief, Nana Ofori Bediako, at his residence in Akyem Osenase.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old man is believed to have been stabbed at his home on Monday by unknown assailants.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adam Mahama\u2019s family attacks Afoko\u2019s family in court\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PXjjmXJPTz8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the St. Dominic Hospital at Akwatia.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, Deputy Eastern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Seargent Francis Gormado said Police suspect foul play.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt was on the 5th of this month that this incident happened at a village called Osinase near Akwatia where the late chief Nana Bediako was murdered in his home by unknown assailants. As we speak, the Eastern Regional Police Command has instituted full scale investigations into the incident so the crime scene management team was there. They did all the necessary work that they are supposed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe body has been sent to St. Dominic Hospital for preservation. What we are asking for is that we believe there is a background to the whole incident because the man was stabbed in his home. Nothing was taken from him. None of his personal belongings was taken,\u201d Seargent Gormado added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a Chief, Nana Ofori Bediako, at his residence in Akyem Osenase. The 68-year-old man is believed to have been stabbed at his home on Monday by unknown assailants. The body of the deceased has since been deposited at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":676238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Police probe Akyem Osenase chief&#039;s murder - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief&#039;s murder - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Eastern Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a Chief, Nana Ofori Bediako, at his residence in Akyem Osenase. The 68-year-old man is believed to have been stabbed at his home on Monday by unknown assailants. The body of the deceased has since been deposited at [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1564761114_Police.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief&#8217;s murder\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-08T17:57:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":207,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/1564761114_Police.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Lifestyle\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/\",\"name\":\"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief's murder - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/1564761114_Police.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-08-08T17:57:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/08\\\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/1564761114_Police.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/08\\\/1564761114_Police.jpg\",\"width\":612,\"height\":412},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief's murder - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief's murder - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"The Eastern Regional Police Command has begun investigations into the circumstances that led to the death of a Chief, Nana Ofori Bediako, at his residence in Akyem Osenase. The 68-year-old man is believed to have been stabbed at his home on Monday by unknown assailants. The body of the deceased has since been deposited at [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1564761114_Police.jpg","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief&#8217;s murder","datePublished":"2019-08-08T17:57:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/"},"wordCount":207,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1564761114_Police.jpg","articleSection":["Lifestyle"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/","name":"Police probe Akyem Osenase chief's murder - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1564761114_Police.jpg","datePublished":"2019-08-08T17:57:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/08\/police-probe-akyem-osenase-chiefs-murder\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1564761114_Police.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1564761114_Police.jpg","width":612,"height":412},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}