The Suriyiri community in the Upper West regional capital Wa has been thrown into a state of mourning following the gruesome murder of a prominent member of the area.
The man, believed to be in his early 50s was found dead in a pool of blood in his room with multiple deep cuts on his neck suspected to have been inflicted on him by some unknown assailants.
The exact cause and time of the gruesome killing of the late Alhaji Mutala Mahama are unknown but some inhabitants of the Suriyiri community in Wa say the late Mutala was found dead with deep knife wounds suspected to have been the cause of his death.
Until his gruesome murder, the late Alhaji Mutala was the secretary of the customary land secretariat in Wa.
His killing has drowned shivers down the spines of many of the Suriyiri community. Personnel of the Police CID have visited the crime scene leading to the arrest of one suspect.
The family of the deceased is appealing to the police to conduct a thorough investigation into the killing.