A 38-year-old taxi driver was reportedly fatally stabbed at the F2 Hotel in Akom, located in the Afigya Kwabre North District of the Ashanti Region.
The victim, identified as Afrifa, was allegedly attacked by unidentified assailants around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 21, 2024.
According to eyewitnesses, Afrifa intervened to assist a young man who was being assaulted by the group, resulting in his own stabbing.
Former Assembly member for the area, Mr. Oteng, disclosed in an interview with OTEC News reporter Jacob Agyenim Boateng that Afrifa had gone to the hotel to pick up a customer.
“I was told Afrifa had a call from one of his customers who hired his service to the hotel for a program to pick them up from the place at that particular time
“On his arrival at the hotel’s premises, he came across a young guy who had been attacked by some perpetrators. He decided to rescue the victim, but unfortunately, one of the unknown gang men stabbed him in the chest with a sharp object,” he said.
The ex-Assembly member mentioned that the taxi driver passed away upon reaching Saint Patrick Hospital.
However, he disclosed that the Boaman District Police Command has apprehended one individual believed to be involved in the gang and is presently aiding in the investigation.