The young boy is currently in Police custody at Sefwi Wiawso Police station.
Reports suggest that the boy had accused his mother of taking a memory card from his phone. Though the mother had denied the accusation, a furious Gyan went ahead to attack and kill her.
The incident happened Wassa J.Y No.1. in the Sefwi Wiawso district on Monday, January 15.
Her body has since been deposited at the Bibiani government hospital mortuary awaiting autopsy.