Information available to Adomonline.com indicates that the slain New Patriotic Party (NPP) Takoradi Constituency Treasurer, Mark Ofori knew people were after his life.
According to reports, encrypted messages he posted on his Whatsapp status gave indication that some people were plotting to kill him.
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Adom FM’s Western Regional correspondent, Lord Tawiah revealed this on Adom FM’s morning show, Dwaso Nsem programme, Thursday.
He said his close associate, suspicious of the posts, tried to probe but the late Ofori assured them that things were okay.
The regional correspondent added that it was not clear whether the alleged threat came from the NPP after a fiercely contested primary which he emerged treasurer.
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The assailant, who killed Mr Ofori, he said, had earlier killed a security man of an in-law to the Western Regional Minister, Kwabena Okyere Darko Mensah in a house within the same Fijai vicinity around 1:am.
The assailant, he said, allegedly killed the security man after he tried to blow his cover over a failed robbery attack.
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Lord Tawiah said the family of the deceased is yet to come to terms with the heinous crime.
Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been sent to the Effia Nkwanta Hospital pending autopsy.
Source: Ghana|Adomonline.com|Adwoa Gyasiwaa Agyeman
