V/R: 67yrs cement seller allegedly commits suicide over missing cement bags

A 67-year-old cement seller, identified as Fredrick Adama, alias Fo Yao, has been discovered dead in his bedroom under mysterious circumstances.

The incident occurred at Ho Barracks Newtown near Kpenoe in the Volta Region.

His lifeless body was discovered after friends broke into his room when repeated calls to his phone went unanswered, which they said was unlike him despite his age.

Information gathered by classfmonline.com indicates that Adama was in charge of the Chapel Square Cement Depot at Ho Barracks Newtown.

An eyewitness and co-tenant said Adama was last seen on Monday morning around 7 am. Upon asking him why he closed the shop, he said he was expecting some cement to arrive before opening the shop for sales.

Due to his relationship with his customers and the proximity of his house to the cement shop, it was common for people to visit his house when the shop was closed to call on him to buy cement. However, this morning, he was nowhere to be found between 8 am and 9 am.

The growing concern of customers led them to involve Adama’s family members. Upon the arrival of Margaret, a cousin, the deceased was found lifeless and unresponsive in his bedroom.

Preliminary police investigations revealed that Adama had hanged himself.
Richard Adama disclosed to Class News that the owner of the cement depot had recently invited him to help question the deceased over 50 bags of cement that had gone missing.

“About two weeks ago, the owner of the shop called me to help him question my brother over an alleged missing 50 bags of cement. I questioned my brother, but he denied the allegation against him,” he said.

“And again, just last week, the man called me over another missing 14 bags of cement, and this time the man said my brother must provide the cement or else he would sack him. I pleaded with him to give me time to question him, but the issue remained unresolved,” he continued.

“So the man said he had started building a single self-contained apartment for him to accommodate him, but if the missing cement could not be traced, then he would be forced to either sack him or allow him to use the money [from the missing cement bags] to finish the building, which is currently at the roofing level,” he added.

Meanwhile, these issues remained unresolved before Fredrick Adama, alias Fo Yao, took his own life.

It is unclear whether the allegations led him to suicide.

The body has been transported to the Ho Teaching Hospital mortuary for further examination as investigations continue.

The incident has left the community in shock, with many awaiting answers about what led to his untimely death.

The late Fredrick Adama lef behind an 11-year-old daughter.