A 47-year-old mortuary attendant is in the custody of the Dansoman Divisional Police for allegedly stabbing his nephew to death and injuring another nephew at Chorkor in Accra.
The suspect, Theophilus Tetteh, is said to have stabbed his 34-year-old nephew, Richard Kpakpo Allotey, and his younger sister’s son, and also hit his elder brother’s son on the head with a stick for allegedly insulting him. The injured nephew, identified only as Okanta, aka S.O., is currently on admission at the Mamprobi Polytechnic where he was taken with blood oozing out of a cut on his head.
Allotey’s body has been deposited at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra for autopsy.
Tetteh, a father of five, who lives in a family house, is said to have threatened to kill members of his family on many occasions.
Arrest
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Dansoman Divisional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Mr Kwadwo Antwi Tabi, said Tetteh, who bolted after the incident, was arrested by a joint patrol team of the Korle Bu and the Mamprobi Police at his hideout.
He said Tetteh, who was found drunk, was hiding in a toilet in a compound house at Mamprobi. The knife the suspect used in stabbing Allotey was retrieved from a drain close to the scene.
Investigations
He said the incident happened about 11 p.m. last Monday.
According to him, preliminary investigations conducted by the police had established that Allotey returned home and found Tetteh engaged in a scuffle with Okanta.
He said Allotey, who appeared on the scene and saw his cousin bleeding, managed to stop Tetteh from hitting Okanta again with a stick he was holding.
Allotey, Mr Tabi said, then called for the assistance of some family members to help him convey the bleeding cousin to hospital, while Tetteh repeatedly warned Allotey not to return to the house, else he would kill him.
Allotey is said to have gone into his room and returned with a sharp kitchen knife, and when, after putting Okanta in a taxi, he went to his room for money, he was stabbed by his uncle.
He said some family members who heard Allotey shouting for help also rushed to the scene, only to find him in a pool of blood, with Tetteh standing by, with the knife in his hand.
Threats
Later, he said, the police found out that Tetteh had once stabbed Okanta’s father, injured a number of his family members and threatened to kill some of them.
Mr Tabi expressed worry over the failure of the family members to report the threat on their lives to the police, saying “that could have saved the life of the young man. Sometimes family members should not take such threats for granted”.
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