A cab driver arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend

A 34-year-old cab driver has been arrested for the alleged murder of his long-time girlfriend in Abuakwa, in Ghana’s Ashanti region.

The suspect was arrested at his hideout in Namong, Offinso Municipality, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, three days after he went into hiding.

He is alleged to have picked up the deceased on April 21 in his taxi cab from her family’s house at Abuakwa.

The police say that shortly after the two left the deceased’s family house to bake bread, they received a distress call about the discovery of a body of an unidentified female adult.

According to DSP Godwin Ahianyo, head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, police proceeded to the scene, near Mighty Jesus Educational Complex at Dominase in the Kwadaso Municipality, and found the body of the deceased with multiple stab wounds.

Police also retrieved the mobile phone of the deceased from the suspect’s taxi cab, with registration AS8575-Y, still running at the scene.

The suspect was later spotted and arrested at his hideout in Namong, Offinso, on Wednesday, April 23.

DSP Ahianyo said the suspect, during interrogation, confessed his involvement in the crime and also admitted to attempting to take his own life.

Police say the suspect, who is currently in custody, will soon be arraigned.