Nana
Kwaku Ampadu, a 39-year-old unemployed, is currently in the grip of the Nkawkaw
police over his alleged involvement in the exhumation of a coffin containing
human remains at Awenade, near Nkawkaw in the Kwahu West Municipality of the
Eastern Region.
According
to police, Ampadu is suspected to be the gang leader who supervised the
exhumation of the body of Adwoa Antwiwaa in a coffin and dumped it in front of
the palace of a rival chief last Sunday.
He
was arrested on Monday around 12:50 pm at his hideout and the police had said
he would be arraigned after investigation.
The
police are also pursuing the other accomplices of Ampadu.
There
was horror at Awenade on Sunday when some unknown persons exhumed the body of
39-year-old Adwoa Antwiwaa, who had died in Accra and buried in the town.
They
then dumped the coffin containing the remains at the forecourt of the palace
occupied by Nana Danso Ofori III, a rival chief, less than 24 hours after the
burial.
The
Public Relations Officer of the Regional Police Command, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh,
confirmed that the Nkawkaw Police District quickly rushed to Awenade and found
the coffin which contained the body placed in the chief’s palace.
DAILY
GUIDE learnt that the whole
confusion was triggered by a burial fee of GH¢300 collected by the alleged
destooled chief, Nana Danso Ofori VII, before authorizing the burial of the
deceased which the rival faction questioned.
Awenade
has been embroiled in chieftaincy dispute where two persons — Nana Danso Ofori II (old chief allegedly
destooled) and the newly installed chief, Nana Osei Agyei II — are both claiming to be legitimate chiefs of
the community.
Last
November, five persons, including the alleged destooled chief, were arrested by
the Nkawkaw District Police Command over bloody clashes in the community.
Four of the suspects were remanded by the Mpraeso Circuit Court but the alleged destooled chief, Nana Ofori Danso III, was granted bail.
FROM Daniel Bampoe, Awenade
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