The Central Regional Police Command in Ghana has commenced investigations into the murder of 24-year-old Nana Ama Clark, a level 300 Marketing student of the Cape Coast Technical University.
She was murdered at Ola Estate in Cape Coast.
Her lifeless body was found at 9.00 pm on Friday, May 13, 2022, with the vagina removed.
It is suspected that her missing parts may have been used to perform rituals, but the police are yet to confirm any details.
According to the Public Relations Officer of the Central Regional Police Command, DSP Irene Oppong, the mother of the deceased has been contacted, and the body has been deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
“At about 9:00 pm on 13th May 2022, police had information that a female adult was found lying dead at the roadside at OLA Estate near OLA College of Education, Cape Coast. Police proceeded to the scene and found the body of an unknown person aged about 24 years lying naked with her private part cut off and bruises on the body.”
“The body has been deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital mortuary pending further investigation.
Police in a subsequent update, announced that: “The victim has been identified as Nana Ama Clark, a level 300 marketing student at Cape Coast Technical University. Police have contacted the mother of the deceased. The case is under investigation.”
UPDATED:
The management of the Cape Coast Technical University (CCTU) in the Central Region of Ghana is requesting the Ghana Police Service to fast-track its investigations into the ghastly killing of a level 300 female student of the school.
The student, 24-year-old Nana Ama Clark, a marketing student, was found dead in a pool of blood at OLA, a suburb of Cape Coast last Friday evening.
The management of the Cape Coast Technical University says it is saddened by the news of the killing of its student.
“Management of the University calls on the Ghana Police Service to expedite action on its investigation and bring the perpetrators of this gruesome murder to face the full rigours of the law”, the school notes in a statement copied to SheHub.tv.
Ms Clarks’s lifeless body was found with her genitals removed. It is suspected that her missing parts may have been used to perform rituals, but the police are yet to confirm that, as they say, they have started investigations.
School management assures students, parents, guardians and the general public that “security at the University remains strong”.
“On behalf of the University, Management wishes to extend its deepest and heartfelt condolences to her family, friends and loved ones”, the statement adds.
In the meantime, the boyfriend of the deceased, Nicholas Ato Bronk Taylorhas, been remanded by a Cape Coast Circuit Court B in Ghana.
The suspect’s plea was not taken and he will make his next appearance before the court presided over by Mrs Bernice Ackom on Tuesday, May 31.
Prosecuting, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Daniel Gadzo tells the court that police received information that an unknown female adult was lying dead by the roadside at OLA Estate near the OLA College of Education, Cape Coast.
According to him the police investigations revealed that Taylor, rented a room in a hostel for Ms Clark and was living with her at the time of the incident.
The prosecutor says Taylor also failed to report to police when the deceased disappeared from the hostel even after he heard of her death. ASP Gadzo states that further investigations are ongoing.
Meanwhile, a number students of CCTU held a vigil on Sunday night in honour of their deceased school mate, Nana Ama Clark.
