From Vincent Amenuveve, Tamale
FOR his inability to pay for a cow he had killed for grazing on his farm, Sulemana Kasim has allegedly committed suicide to save himself from any embarrassment.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Salaga Hospital for autopsy.
The incident occurred at Kafaba, a farming community near Salaga in the East Gonja District of the Northern Region, in June this year.
The deceased, Sulemana Kasim, 32, reportedly shot and killed himself following his inability to raise the GH¢1,500 he had been asked by a chief to pay as compensation to the owner of the cow.
The Northern Regional Police Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Angwuntogne Awuni, told The Mirror that the deceased was asked to compensate the owner of the cow on June 20, 2009 but when he could not raise the money, he decided to kill himself.
He intimated that the police also retrieved an unregistered SB short gun from the scene of the incident.
According to the commander, the deceased went to his farm and saw cattle grazing on it, a development which angered him, causing him to subsequently kill one of them.
ACP Awuni further explained that the owner of the cattle, who did not take kindly to the act, reported the incident to the chief, who ordered the deceased to compensate the owner within a month.
He indicated that when the deceased was summoned by the chief to find out whether he had got the money or not, the deceased told the chief that he had no money because he could not raise the amount.
Later, it was found out that the deceased had shot and killed himself.
Following the unfortunate incident, the commander has entreated chiefs to stop adjudicating cases of crime in their communities and rather report them to the police.
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