Twenty-seven-year-old Kojo Antwi also known as Ebenezer Antwi has
been arrested by Assin Awisem Police for assaulting and killing his
two-year-old stepdaughter, Victoria Twumasi.
According to sources, the girl eased on herself
during a Health Insurance Registration Exercise in Assin Awisem.
This provoked Kojo Antwi to assault her by hitting
her on the ground, fracturing her leg.
He then took the girl away into a
bush and killed her and run into hiding, her mother, Alice Gbeve, told
journalist.
Speaking with journalist, Assemblymember for Assin
Awisem Obrayeko Electoral area Ayuba Andoh said police intelligence led to the
arrest of the suspect after he had run to a nearby town to seek refuge.
The suspect, Kojo Antwi, confessed that he has killed
the stepdaughter by giving her a weedicide (gramoxone) and buried the body
under a cocoa tree.
Police conducted a search and found the body of the
girl under a tree and was subsequently deposited at the Twifo Praso Government
Hospital for preservation and autopsy.
Central Regional Deputy Police PRO Sgt Isaac Evans Ettie
confirmed the incident to the media.
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