A Gambian woman has been arrested in East Legon, Ghana over alleged murder of her Ghanaian boyfriend.

Yandey Joof, 31, was remanded in custody after his boyfriend, Bennette Agyekum Adomah was found dead in her apartment.

Adomah is a Ghanaian businessman and CEO of Kikibees Restaurant and Lounge located at East Legon.

Joof, who is a hotelier based in Ghana, was reported to have been in a relationship with the 40-year-old businessman for the past three years.

She appeared this week before the Madina District court in East Legon.

Joof entered a not guilty plea.

The prosecutor Inspector Jameson Awumey told the court that on October 8, 2023, the deceased visited Yandeh Joof’s apartment at Ogbojo.

Later in the night at about 1.30am the deceased suddenly became hyper and started behaving strangely and throwing about things in the room amidst shouting that some people were chasing him.

The other tenants in the house were awoken by the noise.

Joof rang the close friend of the deceased and informed him to come to her apartment to assist her but the friend came and found the deceased lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen throwing his hands about.

Inspector Awumey said the tenants in the house assisted them and took him to DEL Hospital at East Legon but he was pronounced dead shortly on arrival.

The death was reported to Police and the body was conveyed to the Police hospital mortuary for preservation and autopsy.

During inspection at the scene, pieces of broken ceramic glass with blood stains were found in the apartment.

The body was inspected and a cut was found on the left thumb of the deceased. Investigation is ongoing.

But lawyer for the suspect, Muniru Kassim, told the court his client is innocent and the have prove that she did not commit murder.

The case was adjourned to October 27.