FARMER HELD OVER MURDER OF WIFE (PAGE 51, MAY 6, 2010)

A farmer resident at Zongoyire, a community in the Bawku West District of the Upper East Region, is being held by the police for allegedly murdering his pregnant wife.
Abugre Akologo, aged between 30 and 35, is said to have picked a quarrel with his wife, Lydia Akologo, who was carrying a four-month-old pregnancy, last Sunday, May 2, 2010 over a piece of meat which the woman was said to have consumed from the family cooking pot.
In the course of the misunderstanding, Abugre allegedly pushed his wife, aged between 28 and 30, to the ground, after which she allegedly became unconscious.
She was rushed to the Bulanga Health Centre, which was a few kilometres away, where she was pronounced dead on arrival.
The Bawku West District Police Commander, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Owusu Mpianin, who confirmed the incident, said the body of the deceased had been lodged at the Upper East Regional Hospital morgue in Bolgatanga pending autopsy.
He said a provisional charge of murder had been slapped on the suspect, who would be processed before the Zebilla Magistrate Court on Thursday, May 6, 2010.
ASP Mpianin said apart from Abugre’s account, police were conducting further investigations to unravel more evidence from neighbours.