The mobile phone of the late Asamponhene of Otumfuo Osei Tutu, Oheneba
Kwadwo Afodour, which was retrieved from his vehicle at the crime scene
is giving the Ashanti Regional police a clue which will help them close
in on the perpetrators of the heinous crime.
The police began investigations into the murder case last Monday, and so
far, three arrests have been made and the police yesterday told the
Daily Graphic that more clues were coming after they had retrieved the
phone.
A police source, who told the Daily Graphic that a press conference
scheduled for yesterday had to be called off, confirmed that vital
information had been retrieved from the cellular phone of the deceased
which “has given the police an idea about the perpetrators.”
The phone was found in the vehicle of the deceased on the scene last Sunday and has since been in the custody of the police.
The source explained that the police were still putting “the pieces of
information together before proceeding with the arrest of all the
suspects.”
From the arrests made last Monday, one person has been released on
police enquiry bail but two are still in custody but the police are
reluctant to reveal their identity
Phone call
Last Monday, the police told the Daily Graphic that before the tragic
incident on Sunday, the late Nana Afodour received a phone call from one
of the suspects, inviting him to meet him at Suame, a suburb of Kumasi,
to settle an outstanding loan the former had taken from the latter.
However, later that day, the body of the murdered chief was found at the
back of his vehicle, while there had also been an attempt to set the
vehicle ablaze.
Background
Last Sunday, the body of the 46-year-old Oheneba Kwadwo Afodour was
found with multiple stab wounds on his body in his car, which was
partially burnt.
The Asamponhene was also the owner of X5 pub at Krofrom, a suburb of Kumasi.
