Two fire officers stationed at the West Gonja Municipal Ghana National Fire Service have been arrested by the Damongo Divisional Police Command for allegedly beating and touching a 27-year-old man to death in Damongo.
The deceased, Shirazu Nuhu, aka Mallam, a resident of Damongo Zongo, according to an eyewitness, was accused of stealing a double-sized mattress belonging to the said officers.
The eyewitness, who gave his name as Tanko, narrated to Bole-based Nkilgi FM that the deceased was chained and beaten for several hours by the officers, with many people pleading with them to send the young man to the police station, but the officers indicated that the police had rejected the deceased and that the only way they could retrieve the mattress was through the beatings.
A younger brother of the deceased Zakaria Mudasiru confirmed the sad passing on of his brother and described how the body of the deceased, including his private parts, was burned through the use of a hot object suspected to be an electric iron, including so many bruises that had led to his untimely death.
By: Prince Kwame Tamakloe/Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
