A farmer has allegedly been murdered over a land dispute in the Assin South District of the Central Region.
The 54-year-old man was reportedly trailed on his way to his farm and allegedly murdered.
It is reported that a young man [name witheld] had threatened to kill him several times.
Rainbow Radio’s Oheneba Ambrose told Nyankonton Mu Nsem that an eyewitness claimed to have seen the suspect wielding a gun and walking towards the farm of the victim and in some few minutes heard a shot.
He alerted some others and upon reaching the scene, they saw the farmer lying in a pool of blood.
The incident is said to have occurred yesterday, Thursday, 22, 2021, when the deceased had gone to work on his cocoa farm.
He was allegedly shot below his abdomen after a heated argument with the suspect.
However, the deceased managed to mention the suspect’s name to them.
The community’s effort to convey the farmer to the hospital was rendered fruitless since he died on their way to the hospital.
He revealed the farmer and suspect had fought and had some traditional leaders resolving the matter over a land dispute.
But the suspect did not attend to the invitation by the traditional leaders.
He is currently assisting the Police to probe the matter.
The farmer has been identified as Kofi Asare.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com