A 25-year-old farmer, Haruna Adam at Yezesi in the Mamprugu/Moadugri District of the North East Region is in police grips for allegedly butchering his three-year-old daughter to death and injuring his wife.
The suspect and the wife are reported to have had a misunderstanding over a bathing soap.
In the process, he was reported to have picked a machete and inflicted wounds on the wife and the daughter, resulting in the death of the daughter.
After the act, he reportedly fled the scene but some community members pursued him and apprehended and handed him over to the police.
Confirming the incident
Confirming the incident to the media, the North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Robert Anabiik Angmain, said the incident happened on February 20, 2022.
He said the police found the victims lying in a pool of blood when they responded to the call.
He explained that the suspect locked up the wife and daughter in the room and subjected them to severe beatings and in the process used the machete to inflict wounds on them.
He added the deceased daughter has since been buried while the injured was receiving treatment at the Walewale Municipal Hospital.
The suspect has been so far been arraigned at the Walewale District Court and remanded into police custody for further investigations.
He is to reappear on March 8, 2022.
CCF’s crime prevention advocacy
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 CCF cautions 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.
