The Nsawam Circuit Court has remanded into Police custody, three persons arrested for transporting suspected human bones to a fetish priest at Ayensuano in the Eastern Region
The accused persons – Amenuvor Nicholas, 20, Awatey David Okra, 22 old drivers and Kwaku Samuel,22, were arraigned before Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
Their plea was however not taken because according to the prosecutor preparation were underway to send the suspected human bones and skull to Police Hospital on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 for medical examination and analysis for confirmation.
The court presided by Her Honour Mrs Diana Adu -Anane remanded the accused persons to reappear before the court on April 20, 2021.
Background
The Coaltar Police in Ayensuano district in the Eastern region arrested the three accused persons for transporting quantities of suspected human bones to a fetish priest.
According to the local police, on April 8, 2021 at 12:40 pm, the unit committee chairman of Kwamekyere Electoral Area – Aware Isaac together with two others- arrested the accused persons and sent them to the Police station to lodge a formal complaint that, on April 7, 2021, at about 10:30 pm, upon a tip-off, intercepted a Daewoo taxi cab with registration number GE 5063-15 onboard with the accused persons from Suhum direction towards Kwamekyere, a community.
One other occupant managed to escape with a pan containing some unidentified materials.
A search conducted in the taxi revealed a black suitcase which contained some old bones suspected to be that of human bones.
Police rearrested the suspects and upon interrogation, alleged, one Djoka of Niifio near Suhum sent them to deliver the suspected human bones to a fetish priest named Gagba at Kwamekyere village in the same district.
Police together with both suspects, visited the shrine of the said Gagba but the fetish priest escaped before their arrival.
Police investigators spotted a newly buried pot within the premises of the shrine containing an old skull also suspected to be a human skull and a pan stuffed with fetish regalia.
“The suite case with the bones, the pot containing the skull and the pan with its contents were retained for evidential purposes whilst the two suspects are detained for further investigation. Meanwhile, efforts are underway to trace and apprehend the other accomplices for the appropriate action to be taken and also to send the bones and the skull to Police Hospital mortuary for preservation, determination, examination and identification” the acting Public Relations Officer of the Eastern Regional Police Command Francis Gomado told Kasapa News.
The incident happened few days after a 22-year-old man Isaac Larbi, was arrested in Onakwase community in the same district for allegedly killing and depositing body of his wife in a dumping site
The suspect is alleged to have removed the body parts for money rituals.
There have been many other incidents of killings for money rituals linked to fetish priests in recent times creating national concerns.
Source : Kasapafmonline/Kojo Ansah