28-Year-Old Undertaker Maame Ekua Found Dead In Boyfriend’s Room

ESSIKADO, TAKORADI — A 28-year-old undertaker, Maame Ekua, also known as Elizabeth Sackey, has been found dead in her boyfriend’s room at Essikado in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region.
She was a single mother of three children.
WHAT HER MOTHER SAID
Her mother, Ekua Tawiah Badu, told Connect FM’s Omanbapa Morning Show host, Nhyiraba Paa Kwesi Simpson, that her daughter had told her on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, that she would travel to Obuasi over the weekend to work on a body.
Maame Ekua left their home at New Takoradi on Thursday, November 5, leaving her mother with the impression that she was in Obuasi.
“She is an undertaker. She told me on Wednesday that she was going to Obuasi this weekend to work on a body,” her mother said.
HOW THE DEATH WAS DISCOVERED
On Saturday, November 7, 2026, her mother received a call informing her of an emergency involving her daughter at the Essikado Hospital.
When she rushed there, she could not find her daughter. She was then directed to a house at Essikado, where she was told her daughter had been found dead in a room.
“She had visited a boy at Essikado after telling me she was going to Obuasi and had died in the boy’s room. Police have arrested the boy,” her mother said.
POLICE INVESTIGATION
According to the mother, the boyfriend has been arrested by Police as investigations continue to establish the circumstances surrounding her death.
Howedey.com states clearly: the cause of death has not been confirmed, and no one has been charged in connection with the death as at publication. An arrest is not a conviction, and every person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Howedey.com has not yet seen a formal Police statement confirming the arrest. The Police statement, and the outcome of any medical examination, will be published when available.
Author: Stella Sunu • Published on Howedey.com




