KILLED! Opoku Agyemang
A 37-year-old man, Opoku Agyemang, has been stabbed to death by his landlord, Kofi Koranteng, 50, on Tuesday during an argument over GH¢30 Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) bill at Medie Ketewa, a community in the Ga West Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
According to the paper’s sources, Opoku, who has three children, had a heated argument with the landlord, which escalated into violence when the landlord allegedly pulled out a machete and stabbed Opoku repeatedly in the chest.
An eyewitness, Enoch Idan Danquah, said the landlord was unhappy with the way Opoku handled payment of the electricity bill, and invited him into his room to discuss the matter. He said it remains unclear what exactly triggered the heated confrontation over the unpaid bill.
Sources within the community say the two men were not only in a landlord-tenant relationship but were also close friends and long-time work colleagues, making the incident even more shocking to residents.
The landlord has fled the community, leaving behind his five children. Meanwhile, the incident has since been reported to the police, while officers from the Kotoku Police Command have conveyed the body to the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.
The residents have called on the Police Service to launch a manhunt to apprehend the suspect to face the law.
BY Prince Fiifi Yorke
