TRUCK PUSHER HELD OVER BOY'S MURDER (PAGE 3)

Story: Chris Nunoo, Wa

A 37-YEAR-OLD truck pusher, Rufai Mohammed, a native of Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region, has been arrested by the Wa police for allegedly murdering a 15-year-old class six pupil of the Tanvere Methodist Primary School.
Rufai, who doubles as a tailor, was said to have travelled from Techiman to Balenfili Tugdo, a village near Wechau in the Wa West District, to carry out the act.
Sources close to the Upper West regional police told the Daily Graphic that Rufai, on arrival in the village, managed to convince the mother of Faawun Tieru, the victim, to allow her son to accompany him (Rufai) to the house of the chief of the village to spend the night.
The source said when the two reached the outskirts of the village, Rufai, without any provocation, allegedly murdered Faawun.
It said when after a while Faawun was not coming back home, his mother became worried and decided to follow up to find out what had kept him from returning home.
The source said on her way, the mother found the body of Faawun lying by the shoulder of the road.
It said she raised alarm, which attracted other people to the spot and a search party was quickly mobilised to trace Rufai but to no avail.
The source said Rufai resurfaced at Wechau the next day and he was identified and arrested by the people and subsequently handed over to the police.
The police source said Rufai was still being interrogated by the police while the body of the deceased had been deposited at the Wa Regional Hospital morgue for autopsy.