In the Ashanti Region, police have detained a tailor's apprentice who reportedly murdered a buddy at Sewua on Friday in an attempt to escape paying a $100 debt.
Nana Kwaku Adu Gyamfi, a 22-year-old Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Level 200 student, was discovered dead in a bush near Sewua.
A bloated neck and "blood seeping from the nostrils" were discovered during a police examination of the deceased.
About twenty metres distant from the corpse, a stick suspected of being used to strike the dead was discovered. Emmanuel Boateng, a 25-year-old buddy, was subsequently arrested after confessing to owing the dead $100.
According to the police, Nana Gyamfi paid Emmanuel a visit at his home in Esaso-Kwablafo near Esereso on Friday, April 22, and the two subsequently went out, but the deceased did not come home until his corpse was discovered in the jungle
According to Emmanuel, he lured the victim into the bushes and murdered him.
He also took the deceased's iPhone 11 Pro Max phone, which was recovered by the police.
Nana Gyamfi's body has been sent to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital mortuary.
On Monday, April 25, Emmanuel Boateng, who is supporting police investigations, will be arraigned.