UG Lecturer was killed for resisting robbery attempt by cleaner – Police

The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service has disclosed that the late University of Ghana law lecturer, Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, was allegedly killed for resisting a robbery attempt by his cleaner.

According to the Police, the 29-year-old cleaner, James Womba in his confession statement admitted to killing the professor when he, together with another person, tried to rob him.

The police said  the 'culprits' took away two phones belonging to the late professor, as well as a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and GH₵450

James Womba was on Wednesday, September 30, charged with conspiracy to commit crime and murder by the Kaneshie District Court.

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Addressing a press conference on Friday, October 2, the Director General of the Police CID, COP Ken Yeboah, said, "Based on forensic evidence gathered from the crime scene, the suspect was subjected to further interrogation and he broke down and confessed that he masterminded the murder of the professor.

"Initially, he mentioned the names of some suspects but he has changed that assertion and mentioned somebody else. He has admitted that he did commit the crime with one other person."

COP Ken Yeboah further disclosed that the suspect had a duplicate key to the Prof Benneh's house "and the idea was to rob him but the professor was not giving in as they expected and so they hit him with an iron rod and tired him, gagged him and he died."

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