By: Emmanuel Wise Jipoh
A Man believed to be in his 30s, identified as “Pa Shaka,” whose real name is Amos B. Johnson, has been arrested by Police in Paynesville for allegedly killing his father, identified as Ela B. Johnson, affectionately known as old “Bonjay” over money demanded for Christmas Celebration.
Paynesville, December 26, 2024/ The sad incident occurs during the early morning hours of December 25, 2024, around 1:00 Am, in Bassa Town, 72nd Community, Paynesville.
According to witnesses on the horrific scene said, the alleged perpetrator, “Amos B. Johnson, was seen washing blood stains off his body upon arrival witnesses.
This reporter who visited the scene saw the body parts of the deceased in a pool of blood.
Further Investigation said Suspect Amos Johnson, known as “Pa Shaka,” had threatened to kill his father (Old Man Bonjay) on multiple occasions over money received as rental fees for the property, which he served as caretaker and had refused to give suspects (Amos) cash for the Christmas Festival.
According to our sources, both had gone through hated arguments a day before Christmas and alleged Suspect Amos had constantly harassed the old man and threatened to kill him.
“This old man and his son, “Pa Shaka” have been arguing every day, even the day before Christmas, and he has always threatened to kill the papay over how the papay killed his mother and has not been fully taking care of him,” Flomo, a witness told the New Dawn.
The eyes witnesses further said Amos, or “Pa shaka,” was seen in an argument with his father earlier on the Eve of Christmas, December 24.
Further narrations detailed suspect Amos Johnson was seen with blood all over his body on the morning of December 25, 2024, and tried to escape secretly when the witness met him.
Vasco Yeagbetus, a witness and son-in-law to the deceased old man “Bonjay,” explained to this paper that upon his arrival on the scene to verify the absence of “Pa Bonjay” at his usual post, which was an unfinished building where he works as a caretaker, he was nowhere to be found.
“When the children came, because every time my wife cooks, we bring his food, so this morning it was as usual. When the woman finished cooking, she sent his grandchildren to carry his food, and when they arrived at his spot,” Yeagbetus explained that the old man was nowhere to be found.
According to Mr. Yeagbetus, the children had informed their mother, who called him to rush to the scene and verify whether what Beatrice, a granddaughter of the deceased, said was true.
He detailed that upon the children’s arrival, they met the alleged perpetrator, who happens to be their uncle (Pa Shaka), sitting with bloodstains all over him, and responded aggressively when they tried to inquire about their grandfather.
“When we brought the papay food, we met the door locked, and that how we waited to see our Grand Pa, and then, “ I decided to go upstairs, that how I saw his Son, “(Pa Shaka) and asked him the whereabouts of the Papay and he started talking all kinds of things- he does not know where the Papay is, and how the papay has been treating him bad, ” Beatrice Doe, one of the deceased granddaughters’ told this paper.
Meanwhile, when this paper spoke to the property owner the deceased was taking care of before his demise, it was revealed that the late Bonjay had never received any money, which his son was demanding a share of.
Mr. Eugene Seekie explained that the deceased has worked for him as a caretaker, taking care of his property, a two-plot of land in the area.
“Old Man Boka” death is so saddening,” he said, “and we cannot believe this; his Son could have done this,” Seekie continued.
“He has been a drunker and has been threatening this old man, every time, how he will kill the man. We didn’t take it seriously because he is a drunker, and besides that, the old man himself brought him to reside in my facility,” Seekie said.
Mr. Seekie explained the two lots of land property for which the victim has been accused of selling to an unnamed Lebanese and had the money for which his son threatened to kill is not true.
He said the property was instead leased to Mr. Sheikh Y. Jalloh, President of the Paynesville Business Association and member of the Paynesville City Council.
Meanwhile, the Body parts of the late Johnson were seen by this paper lying in a pool of blood.
The remains have been deposited at the Alfred Butler Funeral Home. At the same time, the alleged perpetrator “Pa Shaka, has been taken in Police Custody at Red Light Zone 3 depot, pending Investigation.
