Vandal Kills V-Mate, Police Probes Murder

The Legon police have begun investigations into the circumstances leading to the murder of an Old Vandal by a fellow mate on the University of Ghana campus on Saturday.

The police according to sources have cordoned off the scene of the incident for assessment and gathering of evidence

The suspect whose name has not been made public has in police grips.

He reportedly stabbed Chief Tipsy the deceased to death during a bloody fight with at the Commonwealth Hall of the University on-Saturday evening.

The incident has shocked residents of the hall, who are yet to understand what might have triggered the heated argument that led to the fight in which broken bottles and a knife were used.

The deceased according to campusgraphic.com, was rushed to the Legon Hospital but died shortly after.

The Legon Police reportedly thronged the Hall after a resident placed a call to them leading to arrest of the suspect, who is currently in their custody.

According to eyewitnesses’ account, the two were engaged in a heated argument after they returned from a programme outside the school.

Confirming the incident to citifmonline.com, Ato Brown, the University of Ghana chapter President of the Graduate Students of Ghana (GRASAG), said the information he received from Commonwealth Hall suggests that the deceased was not a student as had been reported earlier.

“The information we’ve gathered so far is that, they are old Vandals, and apparently they went for a funeral or a programme somewhere and they started with an argument and tempers flared up from the other person. So actually, it was even the assailant who helped him [The deceased] to the hospital after stabbing him, and he is in the custody of the police for investigations. So they are not students and so there’s not so much cause for alarm even though we acknowledge them as old students”.

The suspect reportedly used broken bottles on the deceased, before he snatched a knife from a khebab seller, and stabbed him.

Some eyewitnesses believe that the suspect in particular, and maybe the victim as well, may have been under the influence of alcohol.

By: Jeffrey De-Graft Johnson/ thePublisher