By Mildred Siabi-Mensah, GNA
Sekondi, Oct. 14, GNA – The Agona Nkwanta District Police Command has arrested a man captured in a viral video allegedly assaulting his wife at Domeabra in the Agona Nkwanta Municipality of the Western Region.
The suspect, identified as Emmanuel Kwofie, a native of Dixcove, was arrested at about 1900 hours on Monday, October 12, 2026, at Agona Nkwanta.
A statement signed by Chief Superintendent Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, Head of the Public Affairs Unit of the Western Regional Police Command, said preliminary investigations indicated that Kwofie was married to the victim, Diana Mensah, 25, a second-hand clothing trader, and that the couple lived together at Domeabra.
According to the police, the incident occurred on October 8, 2026, when the suspect allegedly accused his wife of engaging in an extramarital affair and subsequently subjected her to severe assault, as captured in the viral video.
The victim was rescued by a Good Samaritan and taken to the Agona Nkwanta Polyclinic, where she received treatment and was later discharged.
The statement said the suspect was in police custody and would be arraigned before court.
GNA
Edited by Justina Hilda Paaga/Bertha Badu-Agyei/Lydia Kukua Asamoah
Reporter Mildred Siabi-Mensah
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