Man Killed For Flirting With Married Woman

A 32-year-old labourer has been lynched by some unidentified persons at Zenu in the Kpone-Katamanso District of the Greater Accra region over his amorous relationship with a married woman.

The deceased, Michael Kofi Kangah, an Nzema from the Western Region, was lynched after he visited the house of the said woman.

Kangah, before his death, told some residents that the people attacked him after he escorted his girlfriend, a married woman who had spent the night in his kiosk.

According to reports, he was attacked by the men while returning to his kiosk.

He was assaulted near his kiosk where he sleeps at Zenu Zone 2, near Ashaiman and left to his faith.

According to reports, the husband of the said woman detected some suspicious text messages and organised some hoodlums to attack Kangah.

Before the deceased died, he asked the people to lead the police to arrest the assailants but was unable to give details about the said married woman.

The lifeless body of the deceased was conveyed by personnel of the Lebanon Police to the police hospital mortuary in Accra for autopsy.

DAILY GUIDE observed deep cuts on his body as well as blood stains in the kiosk.

An eyewitness, Fred Asante alias Osofo told DAILY GUIDE that he heard unusual noise in the area at about 3:30 am.

He added that when he came out, he saw some hoodlums with sticks, cutlasses and others subjecting the deceased to severe beatings.

'I confronted the people and pleaded with them to send him to the police station but they refused and continued to beat him for chasing the wife of their boss. There were some who claimed he had stolen aluminum cooking pot and salt but we don't know him to be a thief.

'I spoke with Kofi after the people had left him and he told me that he went to escort his girlfriend but later the woman called him on phone and upon reaching the house an alarm was raised,' the eye-witness noted.

He explained further that the house of the girlfriend is situated at the Zenu Dam site.

Togbui Atsadza II, Sub-chief of Tayevie in Ho, the Volta Region, landlord of the deceased, said Kangah rented the kiosk from his wife and stayed there for close to a month before the incident occurred.

According to him, 'I came out of my room after hearing the shouts only see Kofi been beaten by the squad. I asked them to stop but they pushed me away and continued to beat him until he became weak.'

From Vincent Kubi, Zenu