A 39-year-old gold dealer has allegedly ‘hammered’ his fiancee to near death over cheating allegations at Kasoa.
Barikisu Abdullah, the victim is said to have woken up at the hospital after losing consciousness during the attack.
According to Barikisu, her fiancee, Osman Mumuni whom she had met a year ago, lived in Bolgatanga while she lived at Kasoa in a house rented for her by Osman.
She told Crime Check Tv Gh that a week after the Eid-Fitr celebration, while she was asleep during one night, her fiance sneaked into her room at Kasoa and almost killed her using a hammer to assault her.
She said she became unconscious, suffered memory loss, only to wake up in a hospital bed after she gained consciousness. She said when she went back home, she found her fiancee’s slippers, blood stains in her room and the hammer he used to commit the act.
Days later, she said her fiancee called her through her parent’s phone to apologize, admitting he committed the act.
Pictures Barikisu sent to Crime Check Tv Gh shows Barikisu has suffered fractured skull and broken teeth.
When we contacted Osman, he admitted to committing the act but said he assaulted her with his hands during a confrontation between them and not with a hammer. He said he did not sneak into her room.
Osman accused Barikisu of betrayal even after all he had done for her.
Osman said he rented a room for Barikisu which cost Gh¢6,000 for a year, bought a phone for her, gave her Gh¢500 every week and almost Gh¢100 everyday for upkeep.
He said he also gave her business capital but after all the responsibilities, Osman claims Barikisu was cheating on him. He said anytime he called Barikisu to talk to her on phone, she was always making calls late at night.
Despite expressing unhappiness about the situation, Barikisu became disobedient. Osman also alleges that, anytime he visited Barikisu, she did not regard him and she even rained insults on him. He claims Barikisu refuses to make love with him, heightening his suspicion of cheating against her.
Osman, who appeared remorseful, however promised to foot the medical bills for Barikisu’s treatment and pledged to meet her family over the issue. Barikisu refuted the cheating claims explaining that she received calls from customers since she was a business woman. She also said she did not make love with Osman because he had not married her yet. She accused Osman of ridiculing her family as he always postponed meeting with them to settle the matter.
Barikisu has since reported the matter to the police at Kasoa.
