Ghanaian ex-wife wipes out her ex-husband’s new family

A 33-year-old Ghanaian woman, on Monday 27th of January, 2014 completely wiped out her ex-husband’s new family. Efua Badu and her ex got separated when the two had(undisclosed) marital problems, it was learnt. Their families tried to settle the matter, but her ex-husband insisted it was over. He later got married to a 25-year old lady who bore him a child - now two and a half year-old.

Efua couldn't stand losing her man, the father of her two kids and as such, in the early hours of Monday, around 1.30am, she set the uncompleted building her ex was living ablaze, killing him, his new wife and their baby while they were all asleep. She later fled from the scene, but when fire fighters got there, they couldn't trace where the fire began and said someone might have set the family ablaze.

After investigation, Efua was traced to her home by the police, where they saw some burns in her right arm and face. She denied ever knowing anything about the fire, but later confessed she was behind it when she was been interrogated. She admitted she did it out of jealous and pleaded to be forgiven.

The charred bodies of the three have been deposited at the Police Hospital morgue for examination. Sadly, the 25-year old new wife and her daughter only got to the man’s house for the first time on the 26th of January, 2014, when he, the deceased went to bring them to start living with him. They died a few hours later.