Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh was a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana

Details are emerging about the possible murder of Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana.

He is said to have been killed at his home in Accra.

While details of his death and possible murder are sketchy at this moment, his colleague at the Faculty, Poku Adusei, has given a chilling account of the Professor’s death.

Poku Adusei in a Facebook post on Saturday, September 12, 2020, said the respected Law Professor was “murdered” in the same fashion as the late Abuakwa North MP, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu.

“It appears to be an act perpetuated about three days ago, but it was just discovered this morning,” he said of the unfortunate incident at late Prof Benneh’s Adjirigano mansion.

Unconfirmed reports suggest he was found in a pool of blood with his hands and legs tied.

According to theghanareport.com’s Manasseh Azure Awuni who visited the house on Saturday, a sister of the deceased was wailing uncontrollably.

However, one Isaac Botchway, who said he was the late law professor’s houseboy said the last time he spoke to him was on Thursday at about 8 pm.

Mr Botchway said he lived in Accra Central and Mr Benneh normally called him whenever he needed him to run errands for him.

“I called him the next day, but he did not respond. The gardener came to worked this morning and when he did not find any sign of him, he knocked at his door but there was no response,” Isaac Botchway told Manasseh.

“The gardener then went to inform his [Prof Benneh’s] sister who does not live far away from the house. They went for a carpenter to force the door open,” he continued.

“When the door was forced open, he was found dead,” he said.

His hands and legs were all tied, and his body was was found in a pool of blood between the bedroom and the living room.

There were signs of a struggle in the room prior to his death.

Several Law students have since taken to Facebook to mourn the death of a man who is said to have tutored and mentored a lot of students.

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It is with a heavy heart, that we inform you about the demise of one of our lecturers, Prof. Emmanuel Y. Benneh.

A call to the dean confirmed the news; but we are yet to have details on the occurrence of his unfortunate demise.

The Ghana Police is yet to release a statement about the incident but GhanaWeb will bring readers updates on this developing story.

Biography of late Prof. Benneh

Mr. E.Y Benneh is a senior lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana, Legon.

He earned both his M.Litt and LL.M (International Law Option) from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

He holds a postgraduate Certificate in International and Comparative Law from the University of Leiden.

He earned his LL.B with Second Class Upper from the University of Ghana. Mr. Benneh has enormous consulting experience and has published extensively.

May his soul rest in perfect peace. pic.twitter.com/J908EOTttZ
— UG Law Students’ Union (@ug_lsu) September 12, 2020

Source: http://www.Ghanaweb.com

Residents in Orgernya, Klo Djerkiti trying to make calls

Residents in Orgernya, Klo Djekiti and over 20 other surrounding farming communities in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region do not have access to mobile network services.

A house on a hilltop is the only place residents could access a very weak network signal of MTN hence the house has become a call centre where calls are made and received by inhabitants in the village.

A small wooden structure erected in the middle of the house is where the network signal can only be accessed. Residents have to stand behind it without moving an inch to make calls in turns.

A mobile phone holder has been fixed under the structure where a mobile phone can be placed to make emergency calls when raining.

For those who have scheduled to receive calls, their mobile phones are put on top of the wooden structure to await calls from their families, Children and customers.

A visit to the village by Starr News saw some residents trudge to the house to make calls while others were hanging around waiting to receive calls ahead of scheduled time.

The walls of a wooden structure in the house has been inundated with mobile numbers “saved” on the walls by residents for easy access and dialling.

“Access to mobile network services here is very difficult. There is no network coverage so this house on a hilltop is where we all come from our homes to make calls. You have to stand like a statue behind this structure to be able to make calls, “a resident told Starr News.

“When we book appointment with traders to supply them vegetables and maybe something happens which the trader is not able to come to the market because of network challenge she is not able to inform us so you will harvest your farm produce but she will not be present to buy then you have to sell it cheap else it will rot” another farmer lamented.

Agbertey Tetteh a Chief in the area said “sometimes when there is emergency like a woman in labour or someone is critically ill, you have to call people to come and help either bring motorbike or carry her to hospital but there is no network bso you have to run to this place to make that call”

“For those of us who have children in school, we schedule a time with them when to call so we come here to wait for their calls. Sometimes you have to wait for long hours before the call comes through. Our biggest challenge is during snake bite where we have to get people to rush the victim to the hospital”.

A major road from Oborpah to Orgenya Djekiti has deteriorated hence not motorable. The no network coverage deepens the woes of residents who feel disconnected from the rest of the country.

The situation is also affecting healthcare delivery.

“Network is very difficult so you have to be roaming till you get to a point sometimes when you get to the junction at the top there it is quite a distance before you can get that access to make phone call. It affects productivity you have to struggle a lot to just attend to something small that if everything is around you can just attend to it within a shortest possible time and if complications sets in then you are in trouble” Salomey Okpoti Senior Community Nurse at Klo Djekiti told Starr News.

Although Ghana has the highest mobile penetration in West Africa and already outperforms many of its regional peers with 16.7 million unique mobile subscribers, 15.1 million smartphone devices and 10.7 million mobile internet users in the country as of third quarter of 2019, many rural communities are still not able to access mobile network services.

Orgernya Djekiti and its surrounding communities in Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region are among those farming communities struggling to access mobile network services a situation affecting agribusiness, Health and Education.

The Sustainable development Goal 9 enjoins countries to building resilient infrastructure and fostering innovation, particularly through increasing access to ICT.

The four accused persons

The National Lottery Authority(NLA) in collaboration with the Volta Regional Police Command have successfully arrested four lotto fraudsters in the Volta Region.

The four lotto fraudsters are Godwin Agbenyefia alias Demon aged 19, Reuben Abusah alias Last Burial aged 20, Kelvin Kwame Abouzi alias Kartel aged 20 and Kingsley Adelekey aged 21. The accused persons were operating from Akatsi and Ho in the Volta Region.

The Circuit Court in Ho presided over by His Honor, Felix Datsomor has remanded the suspects in police custody to re-appear on 23/9/2020.

The lotto fraudsters have created several Facebook accounts, Whatsapp platforms and other social media platforms using the logo and pictures of the Staff of the National Lottery Authority(NLA) and sometimes pictures of other people to defraud the unsuspecting public.

How they operate

The lotto fraudsters receive various sums of money from their victims in order to stake lotto numbers for them. After the Draw of the lotto numbers by the National Lottery Authority(NLA), the Lotto Fraudsters send photographs of FAKE Winning Coupons(Prize) to their victims suggesting that they have won lotto.

The lotto fraudsters then demand 20-40% of the amount of money they claim the victims had won before NLA would pay their winning tickets. Subsequently, after the victims pay the lotto fraudsters with the percentage of the fake winning prize, the fraudsters then quickly block the phone calls of their victims and vanish.

Sometimes, the lotto fraudsters manage to convince their victims to send money for Registration to qualify for the leaked winning numbers.

NLA cautions public

The spokesperson of the NLA, Razak Kojo Opoku has meanwhile reminded the public to be very vigilant and report activities such persons.

He said that NLA has not designed any registration form for the registration of lotto numbers.

“The National Lottery Authority(NLA) would like to state categorically that, NLA has NOT designed any Registration Forms for the public to register for winning lotto numbers”.

“The outcome of Lotto Draws are conducted in an open and transparent manner and the Draw is open to the general public for witnessing daily, except Sundays and public holidays”.

“It is absolutely false that people and staff of the Authority have access to winning lotto numbers”.

“The National Lottery Authority(NLA) would like to commend the Volta Regional Police Headquarters for a successful operation. The Authority shall continue to collaborate with the Police and other relevant security agencies to arrest the Lotto Fraudsters across the Country”.

“However, it is the responsibility of the public to be more vigilant and discontinue engaging the services of the lotto fraudsters”.