NII Nanyo Agoe Tsuru, the truck pusher arrested over the murder of his girlfriend, Barikisu Jumah Ayittah, in La, Accra, has confessed to the police that it was Doris Tsotsoo Ashie, his other girlfriend, who committed the murder.
He said that Tsotsoo slit Barikisu’s throat with a knife.
The two women were engaged in a fight in his house at Abafum, La, and Tsotsoo allegedly drew a knife and slit Barikisu’s throat, leading to her eventual death through excessive bleeding.
The La District Police Commander, ASP Nyamekye Adane-Ameyaw, told the Times that Nii Tsuru subsequently hid the knife in his room but it has been retrieved.
Tsuru, upon his arrest last Wednesday, told the police that he hit Barikisu with a coal-pot during the fight between her and Tsotsoo.
ASP Adane-Ameyaw said Tsuru’s confessions had also led to the arrest of five people who are assisting the police with their investigations.
They have since been granted bail.
He said those arrested had been very cooperative with the police and hoped that others who will be contacted by the police would provide information that could help the determination of the case in court.
Meanwhile, Barikisu’s body which was deposited at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital mortuary, has been collected by her relatives for burial at Ningo.
Tsuru and Tsotsoo have been remanded in custody by the La Magistrate’s court.
Tsotsoo, who initially went into hiding, surrendered herself to the La police on Friday in the company of her lawyer and a brother.
She denied her complicity in the murder saying that she was not at the scene of the crime even though she was in Tsuru’s house on that faithful day.
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Nii Tsuru’s father was reported to have reported to the police on Tuesday, that his son had killed Barikisu during a quarrel at his home in the night over the alleged presence of Tsotsoo in the house.
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