General News of Saturday, 12 September 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.live
2020-09-12Gruesome murder: Law lecturer found dead with hands and legs tied
Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh was a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana
Details are emerging about the possible murder of Prof Emmanuel Yaw Benneh, a senior lecturer of Law at the University of Ghana.
He is said to have been killed at his home in Accra.
While details of his death and possible murder are sketchy at this moment, his colleague at the Faculty, Poku Adusei, has given a chilling account
Read full articleof the Professor’s death.
Poku Adusei in a Facebook post on Saturday, September 12, 2020, said the respected Law Professor was “murdered” in the same fashion as the late Abuakwa North MP, Joseph Boakye Danquah-Adu.
“It appears to be an act perpetuated about three days ago, but it was just discovered this morning,” he said of the unfortunate incident at late Prof Benneh’s Adjirigano mansion.
Several Law students have since taken to Facebook to mourn the death of a man who is said to have tutored and mentored a lot of students.
The Ghana Police is yet to release a statement about the incident but GhanaWeb will bring readers updates on this developing story.
Biography of late Prof. Benneh
Mr. E.Y Benneh is a senior lecturer with the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana, Legon.
He earned both his M.Litt and LL.M (International Law Option) from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
He holds a postgraduate Certificate in International and Comparative Law from the University of Leiden.
He earned his LL.B with Second Class Upper from the University of Ghana. Mr. Benneh has enormous consulting experience and has published extensively.
