Police in Ghana have arrested 30-year-old Moses for the suspected murder of his girlfriend, known as Sister Yaa, at Yamoah Nkwanta in the Awutu Senya West District, following a violent altercation that began when she refused his sexual advances.
According to reports, the suspect, a resident of Oboman in the Ga South Municipality, visited the deceased to spend the night at her residence when a heated argument erupted after she declined his sexual advances.
Moses allegedly attacked Sister Yaa with a machete, inflicting severe wounds, before dragging her body outside and crushing her skull with a concrete block, resulting in her instant death.
The Chief of Awutu Yamoah Nkwanta, Nai Achiene Acheampong Kuma, who also serves as the Ogyahene of the Awutu Traditional Council, personally alerted the police upon learning of the incident. Officers from Yamoah Nkwanta swiftly responded, apprehended the suspect, and transferred him to the Awutu Ofaakor District Police Command for further investigation.
The victim’s body has been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue pending autopsy and formal identification, while authorities work to contact her family members.
This brutal killing has reignited conversations about gender-based violence and the urgent need for stronger preventive measures and community interventions in domestic disputes.
