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Father poisons two children
Residents at Shama Junction near Sekondi in the Shama District of the Western Region, could not come to terms with the news of a 40-year-old father allegedly killing his two children aged between eight and three.
Eyewitnesses account has it that the alleged culprit, Mr Benjamin Eshun Committed the sordid act on Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile the bodies of the children have been deposited at the Volta River Authority (VRA) Hospital for preservation and post-mortem.
Eshun is currently on admission at the same hospital under police guard as preliminary investigations suggest he has drunk a poisonous potion.
Reports said, the suspect poisoned the children after a misunderstanding between him and his wife, Madam Comfort Arthur, who had threatened to leave him.
Sources again said that, Eshun, after allegedly poisoning the two children, decided to commit suicide by taking in some poisonous substance but he did not die.
According to the reports, Eshun became worried that Comfort had lost interest in the relationship even though they had two children with the husband swearing that his wife would no longer have access to them (children).
Confirming the story, Comfort, who hails from Komfeiku, told journalists that they both stayed at separate homes and that Eshun used to pick the children during weekends.
She narrated that Eshun asked her to return on Monday and when she declined the pleas, he warned that he would poison himself and the children so that he would have nothing to do with her family.
She said, on Tuesday, she reported the matter to the police, who quickly moved to the house at Shama junction and met the doors of the room locked.
“We kept knocking but he did not open so the landlord forced it open and he came out with the children alive. On our way to the police station, I realised my children had been poisoned and they started vomiting. We rushed them to hospital but they were dead”, she said.
Eshun, who was suspected to have taken some of the poisonous substance, was also found motionless in a supine position in his room and was whisked to the VRA hospital where he is receiving treatment under police guard.
From Clement Adzei Boye,
Takoradi
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Police arrest suspect Enoch Asigima for robbery in Western Region
The Ghana Police Service has arrested suspect Enoch Asimiga for a robbery incident at Wassa Nkran in the Western Region on June 13, 2025.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect attacked a victim near Wassa Nkran at gunpoint with a locally manufactured pistol, robbed him of some money, and fled into a nearby cocoa farm.
The victim raised alarm, prompting a swift community response that led to the arrest of the suspect.
A search led to the retrieval of one (1) BB live cartridge, one (1) locally manufactured pistol, and a Samsung mobile phone.
The suspect is currently in Police custody, assisting ongoing investigations and will be put before the court.
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NPP National Chairman, Stephen Ntim takes temporary break from his duties
Family of New Patriotic Party (NPP)National Chairman, Stephen Ntim, have requested for him to be excused from official duties and active politics until further notice on health grounds.
In a letter to the party, the family of Mr.Ntim expressed his lifetime commitment and dedication to NPP for decades, rising through the ranks from 1st National Deputy Chairman to his distinguished service as the current National Chairman.
“At this juncture, we the family members of Mr. Stephen Ntim have learned that the party has convened a meeting scheduled to be chaired by Mr. Ntim and wewould like our beloved son, brother, nephew and relative, Stephen Ntim, to be excused from attendance of this event, due to recent developments on his health and well being beginning from June 16, 2025,” they added .
The family further revealed that Mr. Ntim is not well at the moment
and his condition requires time off from active professional activities in the interest of medical attention and monitoring for the time being.
According to the family, “in compliance with his professional medical advice and in cognizanced
of his demanding office, we the family members do hereby request that Mr. Ntim be temporarily excused, not only from active office duty, but also from outright party politics until further notice.”
“As with any human, even merely participating in such event will not augur well for Steve due to his current cognitive dissonance and mental incapacitation for such
a high profile event at a time like this, not to even factor in chairing it and we the family members reject this wrong move in the subtly back drop of his personal human rights,” they disclosed.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Read full statement below
