by Adeola Balogun

A young woman has been arrested by the police in Ghana after it was alleged that she took her mother’s life.

20-year-old Aseye Avi is said to have caused the death of her mother, Gadzi Abla, 66, after hitting her on the head with a pestle.

The incident is said to have occurred as a result of a disagreement over Aseye’s new boyfriend.

According to reports:

Police sources said the late Gadzi and Aseye quarrelled over Aseye’s new boyfriend who was said to have dated two other women in the same family. 

In the course of the quarrel the late Gadzi allegedly snatched Aseye’s mobile-phone given to her by the new boyfriend and smashed it on the ground.

The sources said this prompted Aseye to reach for a pestle with which she hit the late Gadzi’s head.

The scream of the deceased attracted some neighbours who were rushing her to the Hospital before she died.

A source at Abutia told the Ghana News Agency that Togbe Bese, Chief of the Community and husband of the late Gadzi and Aseye’s father broke down in tears lamenting his wife’s death and his daughter’s arrest.

Aseye, described as the ninth child of the couple, was said to be the bread winner of the family.