Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Tamale.
RESIDENTS of a Police barracks in Tamale are beside themselves with bewilderment following the bizarre action by a Police officer who shot his wife in the neck for alleged infidelity.
The wife, Dorcas Nde whose condition is said to be critical is currently receiving treatment at the intensive care unit of the Tamale Teaching hospital.
The husband, Lance Corporal Mathew Appiah Nde 32 who is in the grips of the police is assisting in investigations.
Even though the Police could not readily tell whether the shot was deliberate or accidental, neighbours of the Ndes told the “Daily Graphic” that the suspect had over the months been quarrelling with the victim over her alleged unfaithfulness which she has always denied.
The two children of the couple who are minors and at the moment being taken care of by a neighbour looked distraught during the visit to the barracks.
Narrating the incident to the media, the Northern Regional Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Inspector Ebenezer Tetteh said at dawn today (Friday), the suspect booked for a riffle to attend a bank guard duty at Aboabo, a Tamale surburb.
According to the PRO, Nde later came back to the barracks at about 8:30am from his duty post to allegedly take his breakfast.
“Not quite long after entering his room, there was sound of a gunshot that attracted the neighbours to the Ndes where the victim was found in a critical condition and was rushed to the Tamale Teaching Hospital for treatment,” he explained.
The victim was ostensibly shot through the gate of their room as she was outside washing her cloths.
The suspect, who looked remorseful after the act, later surrendered himself to the Police.
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