A 30-year-old man identified as Samuel Otu has been lynched at Sawer, a suburb of Somanya in the Eastern Region.
Residents of the town are in shock after discovering the body of Otu, a tricycle operator with his tricycle (pragya) set ablaze by his assailants beside him in the early hours of Saturday, May 3, 2025.
Information gathered by GhanaWeb’s Eastern Regional Correspondent, Michael Oberteye, showed that the deceased, who hailed from Okperpiem, a Somanya suburb, was murdered at 2.30AM on Saturday by unknown individuals who stripped him naked in the process.
Police sources disclosed that a distress call to the Somanya police station was received from the scene at around 2.45 am.
Officers found the lifeless body of the deceased in a supine position at Dorhetso with his pragya, with registration number M-23-GR 7942, in flames by the body.
The source disclosed that a careful inspection of the place revealed traces of blood stains, which led police to the actual scene of the attack.
“When we got there, he was lying in a supine position around the gutter naked and his pragya was burnt. We traced the blood stains to the last end and we realised that his dresses were in front of a house. According to the intel that we had, he was beaten over there, in front of that house,” said the source.
Residents around the crime scene interrogated by police, however, denied any knowledge of the act or the perpetrators behind the crime, adding that they did not hear any distress cries for help during the night.
Otu Samuel was subsequently sent to the Yilo Krobo District Hospital, where the physician assistant on duty pronounced him dead on arrival after examination of the body.
Otu’s lifeless body was subsequently deposited at the morgue of the same family for preservation and autopsy.
Meanwhile, police are yet to make any arrests as investigations continue into the case.
Unconfirmed information picked up, however, suggests that the victim, together with some occupants of his pragya, were pursued to the scene after the latter were accused of theft.
According to the information, the other occupants managed to escape the mob, leaving the deceased to his fate.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
