{"id":1267601,"date":"2022-12-19T18:48:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/19\/decomposing-body-of-taxi-driver-found-tied-up-in-bush\/"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:48:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:48:31","slug":"decomposing-body-of-taxi-driver-found-tied-up-in-bush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/19\/decomposing-body-of-taxi-driver-found-tied-up-in-bush\/","title":{"rendered":"Decomposing body of taxi driver found tied up in bush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"348\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/IMG-20190629-WA0005-696x348.jpg\"   alt=\"man dead\" title=\"man dead\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">File photo: Dead body<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 25-year-old physically challenged taxi driver, Kwesi Baidoo, popularly known as Chiko, has been found dead in a bizarre state.<\/p>\n<p>The victim was found in a decomposing state with his neck, hand and leg tied together and dumped in a bush.<\/p>\n<p>He was found in a bush of a prayer camp called, <em>Awurade ye Me Guan Hwefo<\/em> directly opposite the Mankesim Divisional Police Command following a tip-off.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, he was last seen two weeks ago when some yet-to-be-identified persons hired him at Mankesim in the Central Region.<\/p>\n<p>Suspicions are that the passengers assaulted, tied him up and murdered him just to steal his taxi.<\/p>\n<p>One of the drivers, Kojo Mensah, revealed that prior to his discovery, several attempts were made to find him due to the disability of his hand and leg.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of killings have been on the rise in the region, leaving residents to live in fear and panic.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, some residents of Krofo, hometown of the deceased, expressed sadness and called on the police to beef up security in the Mankesim municipality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"6qERMNblfCo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kuro Mo Aye Hye Anaa - Premtobre Kasee on Adom TV (19-12-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6qERMNblfCo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File photo: Dead body A 25-year-old physically challenged taxi driver, Kwesi Baidoo, popularly known as Chiko, has been found dead in a bizarre state. The victim was found in a decomposing state with his neck, hand and leg tied together and dumped in a bush. He was found in a bush of a prayer camp [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1086674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1267601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267601\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1267601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}