Man finally arrested after killing Wife and Two Children

The suspect, Emmanuel Kofi Gafa 40-year-old was arrested at his hideout at Nyanoa in the Eastern Region.

Man finally arrested after killing Wife and Two Children
Deceased

 The Eastern Regional Police Command has arrested the man who allegedly murdered his wife and two children, and locked them in a room and vanished for days.

According to the police, the 40-year-old Emmanuel Kofi Gafa was arrested at his hideout at Nyanoa, a farming Community.

The Eastern Regional Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Ebenezer Tetteh told the Soireenews, that the suspect was being transported to New Abirem District Police Command.

“Emmanuel Gafa, suspected to have murdered the children and wife at Ntronang, and based on intelligence, have been arrested based on appeal police made to persons who will see him around the vicinity.

He was arrested at a village called Nyanoa upon a tip-off, and as I speak, he is being transported to New Abirem District Police Command”, he opined.

Patience Kpezle, 38, Mother, and her two children – Belinda Nyarko, 13, and Isaac Nyarko Gafa, 11, were found dead in a room at Cashland, a suburb of Akyem Ntronang in the Eastern region on August 24, 2021.

The Assemblymember for the Mentukwa Electoral area where the incident occurred Samuel Dodzi reported to the police that, a stench was emitting from a room which they suspected foul play.

Police upon the received information proceeded to the said room which was locked from outside and forced it open.

The woman and her two children were found dead. They are believed to have been allegedly killed on Sunday, August 22, 2021.

William Ofori Akwaboa, Eastern Regional Correspondent