The suspect inflicted knife wounds on the thighs and stomach of the lady whose name is only given as Tina.

The police report says an argument ensued between the two when the lady took one hundred and fifty cedis from the suspect after they had sex together overnight.

She is said to have threatened to stab Isaac, but rather ended up being stabbed with her own knife.

Isaac is said to be a psychiatric patient.

The Accra Regional Police PRO, ASP Effia Tenge, who confirmed the incident to Citi News, said, “just around 2:00am, we had a gentleman who surrendered himself to the police. He gave his name as Isaac Sackey, a 34-year-old man. According to him, he stabbed a lady to death in his room and locked her up. We escorted him to the said room and we found this lady in a pool of blood with knife wounds on her tummy and tighs so we had to get him arrested so we start with interrogations.”

She added that “the body has been deposited at the Police morgue. But according to the gentleman, he met the lady on the Spintex road, he bought drinks for her. She is believed to be a sex worker so they went to his apartment, a single room in a compound house where they had an engagement. After that, the lady took GH¢150 and an argument ensued between the two of them which led to a confrontation. The lady took a knife and wanted to stab him, but he quickly overpowered her and rather stabbed her.”

“He went to the Accra psychiatric hospital to report the incident, but was made to understand that he had to report to the police.”

According to ASP Effia Tenge, the deceased, a Nigerian, is believed to be in her 30s.

She said efforts to get persons who can identify the deceased have proven futile.

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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According to the Ministry, the closure is because of some emergency repair works on a major water transmission pipeline in that part of the city which had broken down.

[contextly_sidebar id=”Y1TjjT9XpkWEPIrGQigzOebqOfn08lEV”]“The repair works have resulted in the temporary closure of the Spintex road underpass into East Legon” the Ministry noted in a statement.

The statement jointly signed by the Ministry of Roads and Highways, the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing and the Ghana Water Company said the works on the pipeline will be completed by midday on Friday, September 9, 2016.

“The Ghana Water Company is attending to emergency repair works on its major 600ml water transmission lines to Accra, along the Spintex road underpass road. The transmission lines serve areas such as Spintex, Baatsona, East Legon, among others,” the statement added.

The statement added that the works are extremely necessary and urgent to enable the restoration of regular supply of water to the surrounding communities as well as prevent the possible caving in of the road, arising from the leakage of the pipelines.

“The Ministry of Roads and Highways, acting through the department of Urban Roads, together with the Minsitry of Water Resources, Works and Housing as well as the Ghana Water Company appeal to the general public, especially commuters who use the route in question to bear with us as we take urgent steps to restore the situation to normalcy by midday tomorrow, Friday, September 9, 2016. Any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted,” the statement added.

Heavy traffic hits parts of Accra

Some major streets in Accra were on Thursday evening hit by heavy vehicular traffic with the Legon-Tetteh Quarshie, 37-Legon and Legon-Madina roads being some of the hardest hit.

Some road users say that they have been in what seems like a gridlock for hours.

Some believe the cause of the situation is because of the closure of the Spintex road underpass.

There were similar complaints from listeners of the Citi Breakfast Show who were using the Legon-Tetteh Quarshie road on Thursday morning.

Those who normally use public transport have been left stranded, while hawkers have taken the opportunity to market their wares to the occupants of vehicles that are in the traffic.

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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonilne.com/Ghana

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