The Ghana Police Service has arrested one suspect in connection with the murder of a lecturer at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), who initially went missing on Wednesday.

Complaints by his colleagues necessitated investigations, which led the police to his house, where he was found murdered and buried in his residence at Effutu Gyahadze in the Effutu Municipality of the Central Region.

The police dicovered that the throat of the deceased lecturer was slit, including his intestines which was removed before his burial.

There were also bloodstains that they traced to a heap of sand about 23 metres from the house. A body believed to be that of Prof. Amedeke was discovered buried underneath, upon clearing the pile of sand.

Prof. Amedeke's lifeless body has since been exhumed and deposited at the mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

According to the police, they retrieved items such as Samsung phones, a laptop, a 50-inch television, and a key to a Toyota Fortuner in the possession of the suspect, belonging to the deceased.

The suspect is currently in the custody of the Ateetu Police in Effutu, assisting with investigations, and will be arraigned before court.

AIso in 2020, news about a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana Law Faculty, Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh came in that he was found dead in his Adjiringanor house in Accra under circumstances suspected to be murder.

A family source confirmed the death to Graphic Online.

Details of how he died was sketchy but some sources said it was a suspected case of murder.

His colleague lecturer at the University of Ghana Law Faculty, Dr Poku Adusei for instance posted the following on Facebook:

”Folks, I had wanted not to be the breaker of such ominous news, but the calls are incessant: The world is damned evil; Prof. Yaw Benneh of Legon Law has been ‘murdered’ in JB-style in his Adjirigano mansion.

“It appears to be an act perpetuated about three days ago, but it was just discovered this morning,” Dr Adusei wrote.

Prof Benneh earned both his M.Litt and LL.M (International Law Option) from University of Cambridge in the United Kindgom.

He held a postgraduate Certificate in International and Comparative Law from University of Leiden.

He earned his LL.B with Second Class Upper from University of Ghana and had enormous consulting experience and has published extensively.