The Police have arrested Allister John, the house help suspected of killing his boss, and running away with her vehicle, together with his alleged accomplice in Accra.
John, the main suspect in this dastardly act, 22 years was said to have killed 35-year old Princess Afia Ahenkan at Apaaso near Sokoban Ampabame in the Ashanti Region, barely a week of working for her.
The circumstances surrounding the killing have shocked residents of the area, which is near Kumasi.
Reports suggest John allegedly killed the woman on Monday, September 11 2023, in her living room while she was on a phone call with a friend, locked the body in a garage and bolted with her vehicle, a KIA Sportage with registration number, GS 307-21, together with some house hold items and some other goods.
The main suspect, Allister John and his accomplice, James Anokye, were arrested by the police in Accra on Thursday, September 14, 2023, and the said vehicle has been impounded and currently at the Oyibi Police station.
Reports gathered by adwoaadubianews.com suggested that the late Afia Ahenkan dropped the son, a 12-year-old boy in school on the morning of the incident and returned to the house. She was in her sitting room on a phone call with her friend when she was hit her neck with a heavy object, which made her scream to the hearing of the person on the other end of the line. Reportedly, John picked the phone and told the person on the call that his madam had hurt herself and then later messaged the person with his madam’s phone, posing as the madam and telling the friend she would call her back later. Neighbours and the police suspects the incident happened between the hours of 11am and 12pm 
The deceased’s husband who is based in the UK reached out to a neighbour who shared a common fence wall to check on her as he was unable to reach her for their daily phone call routine, after several unanswered calls. He is said to have expressed concern as it was unusual of her not to have answered him.
The neighbour then went to the house to check what was happening and it was at that point that blood was detected on the floor.
The police were alerted and during a search in the house, they found more blood on the floor, the garage was opened and the body of the deceased was found locked in there.
The house help was no where to be found together with the car.
Police gathered that Alistter John had sold the car and a further investigation led to the retrieval of the vehicle and the accomplice Anokye was also arrested.
Attached below is a police statement issued on the incident
POLICE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF A 35-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AT APAASO NEAR SOKOBAN AMPABAME IN THE ASHANTI REGION
The Police, through a targeted intelligence-led operation on 14th September 2023, arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of a 35-year-old woman identified as Princess Afia Ahenkan at Apaaso near Sokoban Ampabame in the Ashanti Region.
The operation followed a Police report on the whereabouts of the deceased and the subsequent discovery of her body in the garage of her residence by the Police crime scene experts.
Further Police investigation led to the arrest of suspect Allister John, who was the househelp of the deceased, and his accomplice, James Anokye in Accra, who went into hiding with the deceased’s KIA Sportage private car with registration No. GS 307-21 which they subsequently sold.
The car has, however, been found at Adenta with its documents and subsequently impounded at the Oyibi Police Station for further investigation while efforts are underway to arrest the buyer to assist the investigation.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
Suraya Alidu Malititi/adwoaadubianews.com
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Adwoa Adubia News
