William Sakyi popularly known as Obinim Malley, 36, has allegedly been poisoned by meat-pie at a wedding recep­tion at Dansoman, a suburb of Accra on Saturday.

The late Obinim Malley was a popular radio serial caller in the nation's capital and the Eastern re­gion. Though an ardent New Patri­otic Party (NPP) communicator, the late Sakyi was known for his contribu­tions to sports programmes in Accra and the Eastern region.

The body of the deceased has been deposited at a hospital morgue in Dansoman-Accra.

Speaking to Wil­liam Sakyi Senior, another radio se­rial caller and twin brother to the deceased at Suhum in the Eastern region, he explained that, on Satur­day October 4 at around 3:40pm, he received a distress call from a family member that, the deceased who was delivering video coverage at a wedding ceremony had suddenly collapsed, was hospitalized and pro­nounced dead a few hours later.

He stated that the sad news came to him as a shock since he spoke with the deceased that fateful morn­ing.

According to him, preliminary in­vestigations have revealed that the deceased was poisoned through a meat-pie served him at the wedding ceremony.

He narrated that, the deceased complained of sudden severe stom­ach pains while taking the video cov­erage at the wedding and subse­quently collapsed with foam in the mouth and died shortly when rushed to the hospital by some of the wed­ding attendants.

He said the matter has been re­ported to the police to investigate cir­cumstances leading to the death of the deceased while the family awaits final autopsy report by doctors.