WELDER STABS FRIEND (MIRROR, PAGE 35, DEC 19)

From Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.

AN electric wielder at Suame Magazine, Kofi Nyame, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment with hard labour for stabbing his Nigerian friend as a result of a misunderstanding between them.
The victim, Chinyaka Nkem, is a trader resident at Abrem-Kenyasi, while the convict, Nyame, lived at Apampatia-Santasi, a suburb of Kumasi. 
Chief Inspector (Mrs) Comfort Baafuor-Kyei giving the facts of the case, told the crowded court presided over by Mr E. Amo-Yartey, that both men were friends engaged in a game called “kasaa” on October 20, this year.
While playing the game, a misunderstanding ensured between them which developed into a quarrel but onlookers managed to settle the problem between them.
The victim then brushed aside the incident, left the scene and took shelter at a drinking joint. 
The convict who was burning with anger, however, chased Nkem and renewed the quarrel.
Nyame, who was armed with a knife, stabbed Nkem twice in the mid-section and Nkem fell unconscious.
He was rushed to the Emergency Ward of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was admitted for two weeks, after undergoing a successful surgical operation.
He has since been discharged.