Man grabbed for alleged murder of ex-wife

Nana Egyiri, a 37-year old car-wash at Cape Coast, who is believed to have strangled his ex-wife, one Madam Adjoa Mansah aged about 38 years, on Wednesday evening, is helping the Cape Coast police in their investigations into her death.

ASP Henry Amankwatia, the district police commander, told the Ghana News Agency at Cape Coast on Thursday that Egyiri was brought to the station by a group of people on Wednesday evening on suspicion of killing his former wife, who was found dead with blood oozing from her nose.

He said some time afterwards at about 6 pm, Madam Ekua Abaduwa, the mother of the deceased also came to the station to report her death, saying she suspected her daughter had been killed by her ex-husband, since he had been threatening her with death.

ASP Amankwatia said the police then went to the deceased's house at Kawanopaado, a suburb of Cape Coast and found the body of the deceased, who appeared to have been strangled. Egyiri has been placed in custody pending further investigations, while the deceased's body has been deposited at Cape Coast Central Hospital, he said.