A 25-year-old farmer at Yezesi in the Mamprugu/Moadugri District of the North East Region is in the grips of the police for allegedly butchering his three-year-old daughter to death and injuring his wife.
The suspect, Haruna Adam and the wife are reported to have had a misunderstanding over a bathing soap.
In the process, he reportedly picked a machete and inflicted wounds on the wife and the daughter, resulting in the death of the later.
After committing the act, he fled the scene, but was pursued and apprehended by the community members and handed over to the police.
Confirming the incident to Graphic Online, the North East Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mr Robert Anabiik Angmain said on February 20, 2022 police received information about the incident and proceeded to the scene and found the victims lying in a pool of blood.
He explained that the suspect locked up the wife and daughter in the room and subjected them to severe beatings and in the process used the machete to inflict wounds on them.
He added the deceased daughter has since been buried while the injured was receiving treatment at the Walewale Municipal Hospital.
The suspect was subsequently arraigned at the Walewale District Court and remanded into police custody to assist in further investigation.
He is to reappear in court on March 8, 2022.
