32 year old Baffour Asiedu has had his left hand chopped-off by a neighbor who mistook him for his twin brother.
The widower said he had closed from work and while on his way home he was met by the attacker who was wielding a machete. He said when they met the assailant who is a butcher, he started assaulting him with a machete and inflicted deep cuts on his forehead. Asiedu said when he tried to dodge further cuts on his head, the machete landed on his left hand and slashed it.
“I am a driver and when I was on my way home one day, the gentleman attacked me with a machete. I was informed later that the person had a confrontation with my twin brother whom he thought was me.” He told crimecheckghana.
According to Asiedu’s twin brother, he had a confrontation with the attacker when he went to find out from him the reason he assaulted their nephew. He said the confrontation escalated making the butcher chase them with a machete. The lucky twin said he took a different route but the rowdy neighbor took a- path which his brother was using.
“When I went to find out from my neighbor the reason he subjected my nephew to beatings, he fought me and my sister with a stick. He chased us to the house with a machete and when he met my brother, he attacked him thinking it was me. I was home when an eyewitness rushed to tell me my brother had been attacked.” He narrated.
The assailant, the twins said was arrested but had been granted bail after he was remanded for a month. They said since then, though the matter is in court, it is not been attended to.
They decried the huge hospital bill which has drained them of their finances making life difficult for them.
“At the hospital, we couldn’t afford medications. My brother is also a widower with two children. We spent over 10,000ghc on his hospital bills. Every week he has to visit the hospital with at least 500ghc for medications if not his hand will rot. Life has been tough for us and we have been starving.” He said.
Crime Check Foundation, CCF through two of its donors gave the twins Five Hundred Ghana Cedis.
