A 26-year-old farmer, Yaw Nimoah, has been arrested by the Dambai Police Command for allegedly killing his mother, Madam Salomey Ama Serwaa, a 60-year-old with a pestle at Yabram, a suburb of Oti Regional capital, Dambai.
Philip Kwadwo Bidaba, the Assembly member of Kwame-Akura East Electoral Area told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that, suspect Nimoah had a long history of threatening his mother with cutlass on several occasions.
He said the suspect's behaviour had become a concern for the community and he had previously threatened a neighbour with cutlass leading to his arrest, however, he was later released.
Bidaba told GNA that he received a distress call from a good Samaritan, who witnessed the suspect shouting for help, claiming someone had smashed the head of his mother.