Cocoa buyer and Assemblyman shoots and kills two for stealing 35 bags of cocoa (Video)

A cocoa buyer and Assemblyman for Kyekyerwere East, Hon. Kwabena Boateng, has shot two individuals—a 16-year-old and a 20-year-old—to death at his cocoa-buying shop in Dunkwa Kyekyerwere, Central Region.

According to Hon. Boateng, he had been on high alert for some time after 35 bags of cocoa were stolen from his shop.

He added that at around 2 a.m. while watching over his shop, he saw three suspects trying to break in.

When they attempted to escape upon realizing his presence, he f!red in their direction, h!tting two of the suspects while the third escaped.

Unfortunately, one of the victims d!ed at the scene, and the other d!ed on the way to the hospital.

The assemblyman has since been arrested and is currently in police custody, assisting with the investigation.

Below are some of the reactions by Ghanaians on X

“this’s bad,somebody go toil then you go come steal. why won’t he sh00t you when he gets you.”

“Killing people who pose no threat to you is a no no Charley .. lives lost of cocoa beans is crazy Charley ..”
“There is no job in this country… at least he should have given warning ‼️ shot but killing them is no no…. 😭😭”

“16 years boy wey by now u for Dey high school see what u Dey do…big ups to the assemblyman”

“This be very sad. Why you go steal your assembly man ein cocoa eiii chale”
“This will serve as a deterrent to others who always want to steal people’s hard earned goods.|

“Hmmm Asem I blame Nana Addo for this”
“If I had created enough job this things wouldn’t be happening”

“The people are standing around a dead body and nobody seems to care.”
“16 years? What have you witnessed in life so far?”

“99 days for the thief just 1 day for the master 🫱🏿‍🫲🏾”

– In the month of April and May, a total of 634 bags of cocoa beans was successfully confiscated by the National Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Task Force of the Ghana COCOBOD that were being smuggled out of Ghana.