According
to
sources,
the
accused
and
the
deceased,
Jones
Carlos
Rodrigues
Da
Silva,
had
been
in
an
amorous
relationship
for
a
while
and
on
some
occasions
been
meeting
at
a
prominent
Hotel
in
Accra.

The
deceased
was
the
Project
Manager
for
M/S
Gabriel
Cuoto
Rango
Consortium,
the
contractor
working
on
the
Agona-Nkwanta
Road.

Allegedly,
he
invited
the
accused
to
Takoradi
on
October
12,
2024.

Gay
men

Before
he
arrived
in
Takoradi,
both
parties
had
agreed
to
engage
in
a
sexual
affair,
with
the
deceased
agreeing
to
pay
the
accused
a
sum
of
thirty
thousand
cedis

In
Takoradi,
the
deceased
gave
the
accused
twenty
thousand
cedis
after
their
usual
pleasantries.

The
accused
had
wanted
to
return
to
Accra
the
same
day,
but
the
deceased
insisted
that
he
stays
as
it
was
late.
While
they
were
relaxing,
in
the
deceased’s
apartment,
he
started
making
advances
at
the
accused
which
he
declined.

The
situation
turned
confrontational,
and
the
accused
went
to
the
kitchen
for
a
knife.
A
struggle
ensued,
during
which
Mr
Rodrigues
Da
Silva
was
allegedly
stabbed
three
times.

Alarmed,
Mr.
Kojo
Ankrah
took
the
deceased’s
mobile
phones
and
his
Prado
vehicle
and
fled
to
Accra.

In
the
end,
it
wasn’t
death
that
surprised
me
but
the
stubbornness
of
life!