Police at Atebubu in the Bono East Region are investigating the tragic murder of Nana Serwaa Gyan Kumah Kyere, the Queen-mother of Abamba, a farming community in the Atebubu/Amantin Municipality.
The late queenmother, operator of the ‘Ohemaa’s Kitchen’ a popular food and drinking spot at Atebubu, was shot dead by unknown assailants at her private residence at Atebubu on Wednesday February 25, 2026 around 2300hours.
A police source confirmed the incident saying that police had since picked and deposited the body at the Atebubu Government Hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy as investigations continued.
During a visit to the scene, Madam Afia Kyere and Michael Kwadwo Afful, residents around the nieghbourhood told the GNA that she heard some gunshots from the queenmother’s house.
Police discovered that the queen-mother was shot on the leg with other gunshot wounds in the abdomen when they retrieved the lifeless body.
News about the murder of the queen-mother had since spread like a wildfire in the area as it remained the topical issue in the town.
The GNA later gathered that the murder of the queen-mother was linked to a protracted chieftaincy dispute.
Source: GNA
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