NDC chairman beaten to death

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Chairman for the Nhyiaeso Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Alfa Kwadwo Fiato has been beaten to death by unknown assailants.

The chairman, also a building contractor, was returning from the Brong Ahafo Region to Kumasi on Sunday when the unfortunate incident happened.

According to reports, he realized that the road was blocked only to be attacked by some heavily armed men who were hiding in the surrounding thicket.

The armed men gave him a severe beating after robbing him of his, car, money and other belongings and threw him into a drain close by.

A good Samaritan who stumbled on him rushed him to the Kwadaso hospital where he was reported dead.

Meanwhile the wife, Helena Fiato has called on the police to expedite investigations into the issue that led to her husband’s death.

She also wants the perpetrators arrested. The deceased was 46 years old and left behind a wife and three children.