Mr James Womba, the lead suspect in the murder case of Professor Emmanuel Yaw Benneh fell unconscious and was rushed to the Police Hospital but passed on while on admission, the police has said.

Womba’s death has raised a lot of debate about how the prosecution of the case will go.

The police explained that the suspect fell sick on Thursday, 15 October and was sent to the Police Hospital for treatment but was discharged on the same day and sent back to police cells.

The cops say an autopsy will be conducted to ascertain the cause of death.

Womba died at the Police Hospital in Accra on Saturday, 17 October 2020.

He had confessed to killing his boss, a law lecturer of the University of Ghana, Legon.

Womba, in his confession, told the police that he had the motive of robbing his late boss.

He noted that he and his accomplice were compelled to knock out the victim, killing him in the process, after he failed to yield to their demands.

The late law lecturer was found dead in his room on September 12, 2020, at his Adjiriganor residence.

The late Professor Benneh who was last seen in his neighbourhood on September 10, 2020, was found in a pool blood with his hands tied.

Subsequently, the police, after commencing an investigation into the murder, arrested four suspects who were all domestic workers of the professor.

Womba, a cleaner finally opened up to the police after breaking down under investigation.