Nabdam District in the Upper East Region, a woman beats her husband to death and flees with three kids.
The people of Logre in the Nabdam District of the Upper Region were thrown into a state of shock and mourning as Bogpoka Banga allegedly pounded her 39-year-old husband to death on Saturday.
Agyei Abanga, a 39-year-old Mason, met his untimely death in the wee hours of Saturday when Mrs. Abanga, his wife, reportedly hit him multiple times with a pestle in their room.
The renowned building contractor was found in a pool of blood in their abode when one of his family members rushed to the house after the deceased’s firstborn had escaped from her mother to inform her grandmother, who lives with the extended family, that Mrs. Abanga had hit her father with an object, locked him up in the house, and fled with three of their kids to Walewale.
Several accounts have it that Mr. Abanga was hit to death with a pickaxe. A1 News’ visit to the bereaved family on Sunday, however, revealed that Mrs. Banga murdered the deceased with a pestle.
According to the bereaved family who confirmed the news to A1 News, the firstborn (daughter) of the deceased ran to the extended family in the early hours of Saturday to report that her mother had hit her father with an object, locked him up in their house, and asked to leave with the children for Walewale.
Bawa Dagal-kurug, head of the bereaved family, said the young girl, after following her mother out of the house for a few minutes, subtly told her mother a lie that she was going to meet a friend and used that opportunity to inform the house.
Mr. Dagal-kurug said shortly after Mrs. Abanga had carried out the barbaric act, the family inquired from Sheaga, her father’s house, to find out her whereabouts. Her family then phoned some of her relatives at Walewale, who confirmed that she had reached Walewale.
Shocked and devastated by the incident, Mr. Bawa Dagal-Kurug assured the public that Mrs. Abanga, when found, would be handed over to the police to face justice for committing the heinous crime.
"He lives in his house with his wife alone, though he used to live with the extended family with us. He still has a room here. His name is Agyei, and he is a building contractor. He has four kids, and the eldest among them came to the extended family to report that their mother woke them up early in the morning and told them she was going to Walewale with them. The kid told her grandmother that she had seen the mother lock up their father in a room with blood all over the place.
Alarmed by the report, the grandmother instructed one of the family members to go to the deceased’s house and find out what had happened. He got to the house; the gate to the house was locked; he scaled over a hall and entered the compound to see the room of the deceased locked. He broke the door and entered the room to see the deceased lying in a pool of blood, with a pestle stained with blood beside him.
We reported the incident to the police, and the police came to pick up the corpse and deposit it in the mortuary. I called from his father’s house to find out her whereabouts, and the family said she was in Walewale. So, I have sent people to go to Walewale and bring her back alive. We will hand her over to the police so she can face justice as soon as we find her. "I was very shocked and speechless upon receipt of the news," he recounted in Nabt.
The Police Inspector in the Nabdam District, Inspector Amado Zakaria, confirmed to A1 Radioonline.com that the incident had been reported to his outfit and that he would work hand in hand with the bereaved family to ensure the prime suspect is arrested and brought to justice.
Meanwhile, the body has since been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy and preservation.
