Daily Graphic (front page) Mon., July 5/10
Story: Rebecca Quaicoe-Duho
THE alleged gruesome murder of a 52-year-old businesswoman over a failed business transaction with her ex-boyfriend has sent the Police Service hunting for Lance Corporal Hope Semevor, who has been interdicted by the police.
According to the police, the body of Constance Naa Ago Addy, who resided at Dome Pillar 2, was found at Bewadze, near Winneba, with the neck broken, after she had allegedly gone to Semevor to settle a deal involving a GH¢25,000 property at Dome Pillar 2.
The Public Relations Officer of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, Chief Inspector Joseph Benefo Darkwah, said the body was discovered by a farmer, which saw it being thrown out of a pick-up which sped off.
The farmer later informed the Winneba Police.
Chief Inspector Darkwah said the police were still investigating the case and had mounted a search for Lance Corporal Semevor.
A daughter of the deceased, Ms Diana Mensah, told the Daily Graphic that although she did not know the exact nature of the relationship between her mother and Hope, she knew that Hope had a piece of land with a house on it at Dome Pillar 2 which her mother was supposed to sell for him.
She said someone bought the said property for GH¢25,000 but Hope refused to release the documents on it, claiming that he had increased the selling price to GH¢50,000, following which the buyer decided not to buy it again and her mother was to retrieve the money from Hope or be dragged to court.
Diana said in pursuit of the money, her mother had been travelling to Swedru, where Hope resided, adding that on one such visit, Constance had called to tell the children that she was with Hope and that she would return the next day.
However, when the children realised that their mother had still not returned the following day, they called her cell phone, explaining that although it had rung several times, there had been no response.
She said they then called Hope’s number to enquire about their mother but his phone was switched off.
Diana said together with another sibling and a friend, she left for Swedru, after the children had realised that their mother’s phone was switched off and Hope was also not responding to their calls.
She said although they did not know where Hope lived in Swedru, they decided to enquire from the police station, with the hope that since he was an ex-police officer, someone might know him.
She said luck smiled on them and they were directed to a friend of Hope’s, who told them that Hope had left for Accra but that he would return that same day.
Diana said upon advice from the Swedru Divisional Police, she reported a case of a missing person to the Golden Star FM and an announcement was made.
Through the announcement, she said, she had a call from someone who informed her that the body of a woman had been found on the Winneba-Cape Coast road
When she rushed to Winneba, she was shown some pictures which turned out to be those of her mother’s, after which she followed up to the morgue, where she identified the body.
The police are still investigating the case.
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