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Man arrested after he poured plam-nut soup on wife for answering his phone

By Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah
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The Abuakwa District Police Command in the Ashanti Region have arrested a 50-year-old man, Paul Ofori, for allegedly pouring palm-nut soup on his wife, Akoma Attaa, at Abuakwa Dadiase in the Atwima Nwabiagya District in the Ashanti Region.

According to District Commander, Superintendent Joseph Nyaaba, the couple operate a chop bar and on Tuesday, the suspect left his phone at the bar and his wife answered a call on his phone in his absence.

The said the caller, a female, is said to have told the victim that she was urgently looking for Mr Ofori and when the victim realised it was a female, she became curious and asked further why the caller needed her husband urgently.

 

The female caller, who never mentioned her name, left a message that Mr Ofori had left his clothes in her room and he should run back for them.

Infuriated, the victim warned the caller not to call the line again, but she delivered the message to her husband when he returned.

Superintendent Nyaaba said when the suspect attempted to enquire more about the caller, the victim got angry and a scuffle broke out between the two.

He said the suspect, who could not control his temper in the heat of the scuffle, ran for a pot of palm-nut soup and poured it on his wife who was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in a critical condition.

 

He said the police were yet to arraign the suspect. Investigations are still ongoing, The Mirror reported.

 

 

 

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