Late Jontong Naa Mutala(left), Suspect Abdul Halim Yahaya AKA Adaalee(Arrested)

The Wa Magistrate Court shall on 18th February 2025 begin hearing of case involving Abdul Halim Yahaya AKA Adaalee. Jontong Naa Mutala Tendana was Reportedly murdered in the First Quarter of 2024 and found in a pool of blood by his family when they went to serve him food.

Police in the Upper West Regional Capital of Wa commenced investigations into the death of Sub-chief, Jontong Naa Mutala Tendana since April 2024.

Jontong Naa believed to be in his mid-50s, was murdered in the early hours of Thursday, April 11, 2024, in his home at Suuriyiri, a suburb of Wa municipality by some unknown assailants.

It is unclear the motivation behind the gruesome murder of the Chief who doubles as the secretary to the Wa Customary land Secretariat.

Alleged murder of Wa Central customary lands secretariat coordinator: Family sends important message to IGP

Family members of fifty-five-year-old coordinator of the Wa Central Customary Lands Secretariat, Alhaji Mtala Mahama, have called on the Inspector General of the Ghana Police Service, Dr. George Akufo-Dampare, to swiftly work to unravel the mystery surrounding his death.

According to the spokesperson of the family, Seidu Tampuori Iddrisu, apart from the handwritten note suspected to have been written by the murderer and handed over to the Police Criminal Investigation Department (CID), coupled with other relevant information given out, they believe that the police are well-equipped to arrest the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

Alhaji Mutala was found dead on Thursday morning with his throat cut, lying in a pool of blood in his room at Suuriyiri.

JoyNews Upper West regional correspondent Rafiq Salam visited the family and reported from Wa.