Former Second Lady Matilda Amissah-Arthur has provided a detailed account of the terrifying robbery and the challenging events she had to endure on December 5, 2023.
Speaking in a video testimony at the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International, she noted that after being beaten to a pulp by a robber who was bent on killing her, she somehow managed to save her life and was asked by her doctor, whom she called, after engaging the Tesano Police, to be taken to a health facility after those close to her realised her face and throat got swollen.
“He was wailing. Apparently, my face was one big mess. So he is seeing my face and screaming,” she said.
According to the widow, her doctor decides to call a few scan health facilities before they set off. She revealed that none of the health facilities that were contacted were ready to attend to her since their opening time was 8 a.m., despite it being about 4 a.m.
“So he calls a few hospitals and the response is ‘well, we won’t open the scan’s place until 8 a.m.. And this was around 4 a.m. So he says there is somebody who is dying. They said we work at 8 a.m.,” she said.
Fortunately, her doctor managed to secure a private health institution, and upon arrival, everyone kept staring at her due to how her face was disfigured.
The encounter between Matilda Amissah-Arthur and the robber
She explained how she complied with the intruder’s demands, yet still faced brutal violence.
Mrs. Amissah-Arthur revealed that the incident occurred while she was holding money intended for renovations at her mother’s house. “We were renovating our mother’s house so my siblings brought money, and the money was with me,” she recounted.
When the intruder demanded money, she quickly handed over $2,200 and 50 euros. “Quickly, I took the $2,200 dollars and gave him, and I had 50 euros of my own and I gave him,” she said. She also gave him all the cedis in her purse.
However, the robber was not satisfied with the amount. “Then he counted the money and said, ‘This small money.'”
“He got angry. He turned my room upside down, and of course, he didn’t find money or any jewelry. And then he said, ‘You wasted my time, so I will kill you. But I have to call my boss.’ By this time, he had dragged me from the bed and was hitting my head on the ground,” she continued.
In a chilling twist, the attacker spoke on the phone and received instructions to kill her.
“He spoke on the phone for a couple of minutes and said, ‘My boss says I should shoot you, but I won’t shoot you. I will strangle you so that you’ll die a slow death and next time you come, you’ll have money.’ So, he started strangling me.”
Amidst the ordeal, Mrs. Amissah-Arthur asked for water. In a bizarre act, the attacker fetched water from her fridge and allowed her to drink before resuming his attack.
“I got thirsty at some point, and I said, ‘I am thirsty.’ He stopped strangling me, went to my fridge for water, opened it, and put it in my mouth. Just when I started drinking, he snapped it, closed it, and continued strangling me.”