A 40 - YEAR - OLD house help of a white man and his Ghanaian
wife at Ridge in Kumasi was Thursday evening allegedly killed
through suffocation by three Nigerians – now on the run.
Grace Poku ’ s lifeless body was found with a towel filled with
powdered pepper tied tightly around her face with her hands and
legs also tied with a rope as she lay in a locked room .
The three Nigerians – names not available at press time – who
lived in a semi - detached room owned by the white man and his
wife, were accused by people at the crime scene of killing Grace .
These same Nigerians were reported to have attacked the wife
of the white man whose name was given as Ama Kyere , 70 , after
which they sped off in a waiting taxi .
What might have motivated the Nigerians to take this weird
action was not immediately known .
The room in which Grace ’ s body lay had been locked with
padlocks and so the police at Ridge had to forcibly break into
it . When DAILY GUIDE visited the crime scene around 5: 30 pm
yesterday , the entire area was filled with sympathizers , most of
who were shedding tears .
Personnel of the Regional Police CID were also seen busily
taking vital information to help in their investigations .
Snippets of information gathered indicated that
Madam Ama Kyere , with blood oozing out of her mouth ,
proceeded to the Ridge Police Station around 4: 00 pm to report
that three Nigerians in her house had attacked her violently .
The police quickly followed the woman to her house but the
Nigerians, who reportedly did not steal anything from the house ,
were nowhere to be found .
The old lady then alerted the police that one Grace Poku , her
house help , was missing and so the police started searching for
her .
They then broke into the room in which the Nigerians were
lodging , only to find Grace ’ s hand and leg tied with a rope, with
her face covered with a pepper - soaked towel .
The police , after talking to the people at the scene , took away
the body to the morgue for autopsy.
DCOP Kofi Boakye , Ashanti Regional Police Commander, said
police had started investigation into the crime.
He added that his outfit would find out whether the woman was
sexually assaulted before she was killed by her assailants.
DCP Boakye stated that the police would get to the bottom of
the case soon , noting that Grace ’ s killers would definitely be
nabbed .
He therefore urged the residents not to panic .
by ROTMANLUV 2023-07-08, 17:34
