A fetish priestess, whose television advertisement is believed to have ‘influenced’ two teenagers in Kasoa in the Central Region to kill an 11-year-old boy for money ritual, has been arrested by the police.
She was said to have been picked up by the police at Amanase near Suhum in the Eastern Region and handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department Headquarters in Accra.
“The scene of the crime where the boy was murdered falls under the Ga West Municipal Assembly, hence the handing over to CID headquarters,” DSP Irene Oppong, Central Regional Police PRO, reportedly told Adom FM in Accra, and also confirmed the case docket has been handed over to the CID headquarters for a continuation of the case.
Gruesome Murder
The gruesome killing of Ishmael Mensah Abdallah by two boys in Kasoa in the Central Region during the Easter holidays, has been attributed to the activities of money ritualists who have invaded television channels and are influencing the public, particularly the youth, to make quick money.
According to police preliminary investigation, the two suspects, namely Felix Nyarko, aka Yaw Anane, and Nicholas Kwame Kini, aged 16 and 17, were enthralled by television commercials about spiritualists who can make people instant billionaires.
The two then contacted a spiritualist who reportedly demanded the blood of a human being as part of the rituals that would make them instant billionaires.
Kasoa Horror
The two teenagers allegedly murdered the eleven-year-old boy during the Easter holidays for ‘money ritual’, sparking outrage.
They appeared in a Kasoa District Court on Tuesday, charged with conspiracy to commit murder and murder.
Per the charge sheet, Felix Nyarko and Nicholas Kwame Kini conspired and killed Ishmael Mensah Abdallah at Coca Cola, near Lamptey Mills in Kasoa, in the Central Region.
Intriguing details have emerged about how the two teenage murderers initially wanted to kidnap the boy, collect ransom of GH¢5,000 and then go ahead to kill him to enable them to get to the so-called spiritualist to become billionaires.
Different Offences
According to the particulars of offence as contained in the first count, the two accused persons agreed to act together to commit murder.
The second count is about the two accused persons murdering Ishmael Mensah Abdallah, aged ten years and eleven months, using a club and cement block for the act, according to Chief Inspector Ernest Agbo, to the Prosecuting Officer who signed the charge sheet.
Intriguing Details
The murder of the eleven-year-old boy stunned the nation when graphic pictures of the deceased in the midst of an angry crowd being prevented by the police from lynching the teenagers went viral on social media and on mainstream television.
The picture of the deceased’s sobbing mother, especially as she narrated how the accused used to come and eat at her place, aggravated the pain of listeners and viewers.
According to the investigator, Detective Chief Inspector Japhet Agyeman, the accused persons both live at Kasoa and have been friends since 2008.
TV Programmes
Felix Nyarko, the first accused, is said to have been enthralled by television commercials about spiritualists who can make people instant billionaires.
He narrated the story to his friend Nicholas Kini, who recommended a spiritualist in the Volta Region who could be valuable in this regard.
Not having a mobile phone himself, the second accused, Nicholas Kini, provided the contact number of the spiritualist in the Volta Region.
The first accused, Felix Nyarko, had access to his mother’s phone and therefore went ahead to use it to contact the jujuman in the Volta Region, the facts continued.
The spiritualist allegedly demanded a human being and an amount of GH¢5,000 for the spiritual procedure to make them instant billionaires.
Last Saturday, was the day the duo settled on the deceased as the person to be used for the ritual.
According to the complainant, who is the father of the deceased, Nicholas Kini went to hide in an uncompleted building near Felix Nyarko’s house for the planned ‘operation’.
The two accused armed themselves with a club and cement blocks.
Felix Nyarko, who is a buddy of the deceased, made contact with him and convinced him to turn up at the uncompleted building where the second accused person had a video game for sale.
Initial Plans
The initial plan of the accused was to kidnap the deceased and demand a ransom of GH¢5,000 after which they would move him to the fetish priest upon receipt of the said amount.
The initial plan did not make sense and informed their decision on the murder option, which they duly carried out using the club and cement block.
How They Killed
When Ishmael Mensah Abdallah showed up, Nicholas Kini, the second accused, used the club to hit his neck from the back.
Felix Nyarko, the first accused, followed up with a killer hit using the cement block on the head of the boy, killing him instantly.
The first accused person’s sister was said to have heard something unusual and decided to walk towards the source of the unusual noise.
She was turned away by her brother who did not want her to see what was happening.
After The Killing
The accused persons after the act buried the deceased awaiting for nightfall so they could convey the body to the spiritualist in the Volta Region.
Unfortunately, the first accused person’s sister who was turned away reported to her father, Mr. Nyarko, that something unusual took place in the uncompleted building.
Mr. Nyarko, who is a step father to the first accused person, proceeded to the uncompleted building and discovered that the location had been interfered with.
He removed the surface sand and discovered the deceased covered with sand.
He confronted his step son who confessed instantly and mentioned the second accused as an accomplice.
Mr. Nyarko reported the case to the police who arrested the two teenagers.
From Daniel Bampoe, Suhum