Yaw Asare alias Yaw Akuapem believed to be in his fifties has allegedly shot himself dead at Enye Nyame Den in the Atwima Mponua district of the Ashanti region.
However, the cause of the death is unclear, the wife of the deceased, Mary Gyasiwaa confirming the sad incident to Onua News said she was with her husband on their cocoa farm working and eventually, her husband informed her he was moving to their farm to harvest some foodstuff with his gun.
After a few minutes after his departure to the other farm, there was a gunshot. The wife, however, thought otherwise. Later, their children went in the direction of the gunshot and found the lifeless body of their father. The local authorities and the police were informed and subsequently, the body was sent to Nyinahin Hospital for further investigation.
MARY GYASIWAA; Deceased Wife.
Meanwhile, the Assemblyman for Ahyiresu electoral area, Eric Sarpong Nyantakyi, said preliminary investigations revealed that the victim has been behaving strangely suspected to be a mental disorder.
ERIC SARPONG NYANTAKYI; Assemblyman, Ahyiresu Electoral Area.