Man arrested for killing son over coconut
A 62-year-old coconut farmer at Samenye in the Jomoro District of the Western Region is in the grips of the police for gunning down his 21-year old son.
The suspect, Joseph Oppong Andoh, according to the Daily Graphic newspaper, shot his son, Kwasi Abrochi Egya, for depriving him of his livelihood.
The suspect, who is said to have shot the deceased in his chest at close range, told the police when he was arrested that he killed his son for continuously gathering coconuts from his (Andoh’s) farm for sale without his consent.
He confessed to the police that at his age his only source of income was the coconut farm, but his son, who was full of energy, always visited the farm before him and gathered the coconuts for sale.
According to the Half Assini Police, the suspect claimed that he had warned his son on several occasions to discontinue that behaviour, since the young man was depriving him of his livelihood.
They said last Saturday the suspect took his single-barrelled shotgun with him to the farm and realised that the dried coconuts that had fallen from the trees had all been collected, leaving him with nothing to depend on.
The police said before the suspect could finish with his lamentations, he saw his son return to the farm and out of fury he shot at the young man.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Government Hospital at Half-Assini, while the suspect is currently in police custody.
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