High Court judge dismissed found dead in Sakumono residence | Social

Mr. Ringo Cbad Akurugu Azumah, a high court judge who was fired from office, was found dead in his Sakumono Estates home in Tema on Friday.

The neighbors think that he died about a week ago due to the near-decomposition of his body.

The police had to force the door of his door after reports of a nauseating odor in his hermitage.

An inhabitant, who sells bags a few meters from his apartment, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that on Friday, April 19, at around 1:00 am, he had seen liquid infiltrating the top floor of the apartment. the apartment where the deceased lived alone.

He said that the pungent smell of the leak, accompanied by a putrid odor, was undeniable from that of a rotting animal.

Corroborating his claim, a sanitation officer, who had already knocked on the door of the deceased to collect his monthly subscription, but had not heard of any response after several unusual attempts on the part of the occupier, explained that alarmed especially because the man lived alone in the house and his car was parked outside.

He said: "I quickly went to the police station, a few meters from the apartment, to file a formal complaint about my suspicions".

Another resident who pleaded anonymity, speaking to the GNA on the spot, said he was shocked by the death of the judge, who, he said, seemed somewhat isolated and was rarely seen in around.

"The only time you'll notice it is when he has to wash his car in the early hours of the day and it's barely a walk," he added.

In these cases, he stated that the former judge had seemed rather calm and reserved and had always hesitated to respond to the greetings of neighbors or anyone.

This, he said, made him feel that there was something wrong with him, because of the rare gesture that he sometimes showed to the residents, most of whom did not know nothing or almost nothing.

Afia Tenge, public relations officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, confirmed that the incident had been reported to the GNA. His dress, April 19, 2019, was informed of the death of Judge Ringo Cbad Akurugu Azumah in his apartment. in Sakumono from a plaintiff.

She immediately reported that a team of crime scene experts from the headquarters of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Accra had been rushed to the scene where "an adult man aged about 60 lay dead.

ASP Afia Tenge further stated that after a thorough inspection of the body, without any mark of violence detected, the body had been deposited at the police hospital morgue in Accra to be kept pending the arrival of 39 autopsy to determine the cause of death.

In the meantime, it should be recalled that former President John Mahama had ordered the removal of Mr. Ringo Cbad Akurugu Azumah from his duties as a High Court judge on the grounds of misconduct and misconduct. ;incompetence.

The former president acted on a recommendation from the Judicial Council.

Supporters, however, believe that he was a victim of a purge of the judiciary as a result of so-called corruption scandals that almost tarnished the image of the government's third body.