Nii Tettey Sarbah
The Accra Regional Police Command has begun investigation into the gruesome murder of a development chief of Ardeyman in the Ga West municipality of Accra.
Nii Tettey Sarbah was discovered dead in his room last Friday at dawn with gunshot and machete wounds.
There were spent pump action and AK 47 cartridges scattered in his room when the body was first seen by the family members, according to the police.
It is alleged that the development chief was murdered as a result of land dispute.
The body has since been sent to the Police Hospital for autopsy.
No arrest has been made yet by the police.
Family sources said the day before Nii Tettey Sarbah’s death, he was among other custodians of the area who conducted some purification rituals in the town for the celebration of the Homowo festival.
That Friday, some family members said, they heard some gunshots at about 1:00 am in the area but did not suspect it was being pointed at their house.
The following morning they said they went to the chief’s room only to find him lying in a pool of blood dead.
The deceased was reportedly lying supine on a mat, arms up and with a deep and wide cut on his forehead while two cuts were said to have been curved out on his stomach and with blood all over the room.
There were pellets of ammunition scattered in the room and so they immediately locked the place and reported the matter to the police.
The Amasaman police visited the place to pick the body to the morgue.
Confirming the story to DAILY GUIDE, ASP Efia Tenge, Accra Regional Police Public Relations Officer, said the police received the information that Friday morning.
She said preliminary investigation indicated that the assassins shot the victim before butchering him in addition.
She said the police believed the shooting was done sporadically and aimed at the victim as some bullets   pierced though the concrete walls of the room.
She confirmed that no arrest had been made but investigation was ongoing and appealed to residents to help the police with information that would lead to the arrest of the culprits.
This is the second time a chief has been killed in the Ga West municipality.
Sometime in February 2011, some people reportedly shot and killed the chief of Achiaman, Nii Kwartey Ajan, but more than five years down the line, no arrest has been made.
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey
(lindatenyah@gmail.com)