A 24-year-old motor rider has been remanded into prison custody by the Toase District Court in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region, for allegedly killing an illegal miner at Manso-Moseaso. 

The plea of Benjamin Kwakye was not taken, and he will be brought back before the court on March 3, 2026, as prosecution awaits advice from the Attorney General’s Office. 

Police Inspector Kwaku Frimpong, prosecuting, told the court presided over by Robert Addo that the complainant in the case was a 52-year-old father of Prince Amankwaa Tagoe, the deceased. 

He said the suspect and his brother, Paa Kwasi, together with the deceased, who was a friend, resided in the same house at Manso-Moseaso in the Amansie West District. 

On March 3, 2025, Paa Kwasi’s money went missing, and he suspected that the suspect and his friend, the deceased, had conspired and stolen it, so he sacked the deceased from the house. 

The deceased questioned the suspect about the whereabouts of the money, but this generated a quarrel resulting in a physical fight. 

On August 5, 2025, the two met at a chop bar and fought again, and this time, the deceased threatened to kill the suspect. 

However, the suspect took an axe and threw it at the deceased’s head, so he fell unconscious and bled profusely. 

The suspect then fled into hiding, and the deceased was rushed to the Asuowin Health Centre, where he was pronounced dead upon arrival. 

A report was made to the Asuowin police, and on February 13, 2026, Kwakye was arrested from his hideout at Dadiesoaba in the Ahafo region. 

In his caution statement, he admitted the offence, and after further investigations, he was charged and brought before the court.