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Farmer kills wife and commits suicide over food
A 35-year-old farmer, Emmanuel Awugye, has reportedly committed suicide by hanging after allegedly killing his 32-years-old wife, Ama Baduwaa, in the Ashanti region.
Uncle of Emmanuel, Ibrahim Abu, who disclosed the incident to Adom News said,
- Emmanuel inflicted wounds on the wife for failing to prepare his favorite meal, fufu.
- Reports say the man was infuriated when he arrived home to find his wife sleeping instead of preparing the meal.
- The issue, which did not go down well with the man, caused him to subject his wife to severe beatings; inflicting cutlass wounds on her till she fell dead.
The Adansi Fomena District Police commander, Yaw Asubonteg confirming the matter on Adom Midday News said
- The bodies of the couple have been deposited at the New Edubuasi Government Hospital.
- And the police have since commenced investigations into the incident.
- The couple left behind four children.
- Source: citi