Police at Yefri in Nkoranza North District have arrested Kwadwo Yeboah, a 32-year-old chainsaw operator, for allegedly setting fire to a two-bedroom house at Kranka, near Baafi in Brong-Ahafo.
Three sewing machines, quantities of wax print, jewellery, cooking utensils and two bundles of roofing sheets were destroyed by the fire.
The house belonged to Miss Beatrice Saah, a seamstress, who said the wax-prints belonged to her customers.
Narrating the incident to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), an eye-witness said the suspect was once Beatrice’s lover.
The witness said one day whilst Beatrice was away Yeboah went to remove his personal effects from the room in which they used to live, leaving hers.
Last Saturday, Yeboah allegedly sneaked into the house late in the night and set fire to it.