THE lifeless body of an unidentified man, aged about 40, was discovered in a taxi cab, with registration number GT 5386 S, at Madina Zongo Junction in Accra yesterday morning.
The body of the deceased, suspected to be the driver of the vehicle, was seen tilted on his left hand in the front passenger seat, with blood oozing from the nostrils.
The taxi cab, an Opel Astra, was found at the Old Akwapim Station about 7:30 a.m.
The Station Officer of the Madina District Police Command, Chief Inspector Stephen Boadu, who confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic, said the body had since been deposited at the Police Hospital mortuary, awaiting autopsy.
According to him, in spite of the blood oozing from the nostril, preliminary examination of the body did not show any evidence of abuse.
“We have since contacted some people believed to be relatives of the deceased whose telephone numbers were found written on a piece of paper to help identify the body,” Inspector Boadu said.
He said while the police would not rule out the possibility of an attack on the taxi driver, leading to his death, further investigations would be conducted to establish what might have caused the death.
He, therefore, appealed to the general public, particularly residents of Madina and its environs, to volunteer information that could lead to the arrest of persons who might be behind the incident.
SOURCE: Della Russel Ocloo, Daily Graphic, Mon Feb 20, 2012
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