4 REMANDED FOR MURDER (PAGE 23)

FOUR people who allegedly killed a cattle owner at Nandom in the Upper West Region have been remanded in police custody by the Wa District Magistrate’s Court.
The accused persons who did not plead guilty and are to reappear on July 10, 2009, are Tufadu Musah, Diallo Dodah, Boniface Kuutuur and Paul Dapilah.
Presenting the facts of the case before the court presided over by Mr John Ayivor, Detective Sergeant D.Y. Yeboah, said Musah and Diallo are brothers and herdsmen living at Yelfisi near Piina.
He said Kuutuur and Dapilah are also cattle dealers, resident at Piina and Tuobeyir, all near Nandom.
According to him, the deceased accused Musah of stealing five of his cows and giving them to Kuutuur.
D/Sgt Yeboah said the deceased engaged in a scuffle with Kuutuur to demand his animals, which was reported to the elders of the town.
He stated that the attitude of the deceased infuriated Kuutuur and the other accused persons.
D/Sgt Yeboah said on June 19, this year, the eders advised Kuutuur to return the animals to the deceased person.
He said the deceased later left Pinna for Nandom but never reached his destination.
The prosecutor said a search party later found the body of the deceased and his motorbike along the banks of the Black Volta at Nandom.
D/Sgt Yeboah said the case was reported to the police and after preliminary investigations, the accused persons were arrested and put before court, while full investigations continue.