The Ghana Police Service has arrested one Solomon Kwame Boadu at race-course, a suburb of Sowutuom in the Greater Accra Region for the murder of Kwesi Wiafe, aged 73.

The deceased was found in a pool of blood with multiple cuts on his head and was pronounced dead at the Police Hospital.

The suspect was arrested by Police, who found him hiding in the ceiling of the deceased's room. This was after a tip-off by an eyewitness, who reported of loud noise and shouting emanating from the deceased's home.

The eyewitness said the deceased was heard shouting for help from his room at about 9:00pm on June 28, 2021.

The Police subsequently conducted a search at the home of the suspect and retrieved a pistol.

They commended the actions of the eyewitness and appealed to anyone who has relevant information that would help in establishing the circumstances surrounding the murder, to provide the information to the Police at Sowutuom or call the Police's Toll-free numbers 18555 or 191.