Yaw Asare alias Yaw Akuapem, believed to be in his 50s, has allegedly shot himself dead at Enye Nyame Den in the Atwima Mponua District of the Ashanti Region.
The cause of the death is, however, unclear.
Confirming the sad incident to Onua FM’s Emmanuel Sowah, the wife of the deceased, Mary Gyasiwaa, said she was with her husband on their cocoa farm working and eventually he informed her he was moving to their farm to harvest some foodstuff with his gun.
A few minutes after his departure, she heard the sound of a gunshot.
The wife, however, thought it was out of the expedition.
Later, their children went in the direction of the gunshot and found the lifeless body of Yaw Asare
The local authorities and the police were informed and, subsequently, the body was sent to Nyinahin Hospital for preservation and autopsy.
The Assemblyman for Ahyiresu Electoral Area, Eric Sarpong Nyantakyi, said preliminary investigations revealed that the victim has been behaving strangely recently in what many suspected to be a mental disorder.
It may be recalled a 31-year-old man on Tuesday morning shot himself in the head after a road rage at Ayeduase near the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.
The 31-year-old Sampson Zabanga shot himself in the head to escape a mob attack after he had shot Kwame Amoah, 52, during the altercatiion.
The altercation followed an incident of a reported careless driving at Ayeduase in Kumasi, Tuesday morning [November 17, 2020].
In the ensuing exchanges, the middle-aged man, Sampson Zabanga reportedly shot Kwame Amoah, who had confronted him over the said careless driving incident before he shot himself.
He is said to have shot himself at the scene when there was an attempt to disarm him.
The suspect and the victim are both in critical condition and receiving treatment at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) under police guard.