A 15-year-old boy, David Anariya has been allegedly butchered to death by some persons suspected to be Fulani herdsmen at Nhyiaeso in the Ananekrom Electoral Area of the Asante Akyem North District, Ashanti Region.
Police retrieved the mutilated body of Anariya on the afternoon of Monday, January 17, 2022.
According to reports, residents of the area, upon hearing the heinous act, pursued the suspects, arrested three of them, and handed them over to the police for investigation.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, the Chairman of Municipal Security Council (MUSEC) for Asante Akyem North, Francis Oti Boateng assured the residents that the suspects if proven guilty would be dealt with in accordance with the law.
“The situation is under control because the suspects have been captured and further details to ensure proper prosecutorial processes to put the suspects behind bars to deter recurring of such acts,” he said.
Recounting the incident, Mr. Boateng explained that “on Monday afternoon, the victim together with his two brothers were drawing water from a stream at Nhyiaeso, then the suspects from nowhere unleashed their cutlasses on them but luckily two of the three victims managed to escape leaving the eldest [deceased] behind who was left at the mercy of extreme cutlass wounds and bled profusely to death”.
The three suspects, who are currently assisting police with investigations, are identified as Umaru Mohammed, 24, Major Gariba, 28, and Mohamed Umaru, 23.
Assuring residents of optimum security, the MUSEC chair, who doubles as the Municipal Chief Executive for the area, further said of swift intervention to deploy high-security details to back up the ‘Operation Cowleg’ in the area which was inaugurated in 2017.
Crime Check Foundation (CCF) has introduced programmes including the latest ‘Stay Away From Trouble’ as part of its crime prevention advocacy project.
Through these programmes it has been cautioning the general public against acts that could land them in trouble in a bid to curb crime.
The Foundation screens one-on-one interviews with prison inmates bringing to bear acts that landed them into prison and the difficulties they face in custody.
It has also paid the fines of many petty offenders for their release.
