A 34-year-old man has been arrested by the police in Ghana for allegedly
killing a Nigerian commercial sex worker, who he claimed stole his
money after he had had sex with her.
Isaac Sackey is said to have handed himself over to the police after
stabbing the said prostitute two times in the stomach and thigh on
Wednesday, March 8th.
He is said to have approached the woman, identified only as Tina, a Nigerian, for sex at a drinking spot at Baatsona, near the Spintex Road, in Accra, at about 8 p.m after having some drinks with his male friends.
He is said to have approached the woman, identified only as Tina, a Nigerian, for sex at a drinking spot at Baatsona, near the Spintex Road, in Accra, at about 8 p.m after having some drinks with his male friends.
After drinking some bottles of liquor, the two are said to have agreed
on a fee for the service and they went off to Sackey’s house where they
spent the night.
Confirming the incident, the Accra Regional Police Command Public
Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (DSP) Mrs Effia
Tenge told the Daily Graphic that according to Sackey, after several
bouts of sexual intercourse with the woman, he went to the washroom to
freshen up at about 2 a.m.
When he returned, he saw the woman going through his belongings in the
bedroom and realised that GH¢120 cash had been stolen. Mrs Tenge said
Sackey told the police that he immediately accused the woman of stealing
the money but she denied it.
"In the heat of an ensuing argument, the woman is said to have pulled a knife from her bag and attempted to stab Sackey,” she said.
However, according to Mrs Tenge, Sackey told the police that a scuffle
ensued and in the course of the struggle he overpowered the woman and
the knife mistakenly injured her in the stomach.
She said Sackey locked his room and then went to the Psychiatric
Hospital to report the issue where he was directed by the hospital
authorities to report himself to the police.
After receiving the news, Mrs Tenge said police officers went to the
Manet Gardens Apartment of Sackey where the body of the victim was found
lying in a pool of blood.
A careful assessment of the body by the police, she said, revealed that
the victim had a knife wound in the stomach and on the thigh,
indicating that she had been stabbed twice.
The body has since been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue. The
deceased is yet to be identified by the family since the suspect
claimed it was the first time they had met at the drinking spot.
Some neighbours of the suspect claimed he had a mental disorder, but the police are yet to verify that information.
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