Police say the victim was lured to a house in Teshie, and his body was dumped and set ablaze near Community 18
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three people in connection with the alleged kidnapping and murder of 33-year-old Nana Yaw Kyere, a phone dealer at Kwame Nkrumah Circle who was reported missing on September 22. He is commonly known as Dinero.
The suspects
A police statement issued on Monday, September 28, named the three suspects as Philip Dzifa Kofi Tefe, Sarah Osei Adams and Josiah Obodai. Police say Tefe and Adams both confessed to their involvement.
What police say happened
Kyere left his home at Kokomlemle in Accra on September 19 in his Honda Civic and never returned. Investigators say Adams lured him to Tefe's residence at Teshie Agbleza.
According to police, Tefe attacked Kyere during a confrontation and hit him with a metallic object. Kyere was then moved to another room, where he was left unattended and later died.
Investigators say the body was taken in a Kia Morning to an area near the motorway on September 20, dumped in a bush and set on fire.
Discovery and identification
The partially burnt body was found at Tema Community 18 on September 21. Kyere's mother and an uncle identified it at the Police Hospital morgue on September 24.
There were also suggestions that Kyere sensed something bad might happen to him that night and sent a friend his live location by phone.
The phone and the getaway car
Police recovered Kyere's iPhone 12, which they allege Tefe sold for GH¢100. The alleged buyer, Sunday Omeje, has been cautioned and detained on suspicion of dishonestly receiving the phone.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Josiah Obodai over his alleged connection to disposing of the body. A Kia Morning belonging to his father, believed to have been used to carry the body, has been impounded.
What happens next
One report says the three suspects have been remanded as the court adjourned the case. Police say investigations continue to establish the full circumstances of Kyere's death and to identify anyone else who may have been involved.
The allegations above come from police statements and preliminary investigations. The suspects have not been convicted of any offence and are presumed innocent until proven guilty by a court.
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