A fetish priest placed in custody

General News of Monday, January 28, 2019

Source: ghananewsagency.org

2019-01-28

A circuit court in Nsawam Adoagyiri, in the east of the country, has placed a number one Pampaso priest in custody.

Charged with fraudulent abuse of trust, the court presided over by Ms Audrey Kocuvie-Tay ordered that Loius Trukusu, who pleaded not guilty, reappear on 1 February 2019.

Continuing, the chief police inspector, Alex Cosmos, told the court that somewhere in May 2018, the plaintiff, Kwabena Kwakye, had informed his son, Dominic Kwakye, and his brother-in-law, Kwabena Ato, whom his late father had revealed to him that he had been buried. some old schnappe bottles that contained mercury on his farm.

The prosecution stated that the complainant was of the opinion that the said mercury bottles were now expensive on the market and that she needed someone who could exhume him for certain spiritual beliefs. .

He said that Ato had discussed the matter with one of the witnesses in this case, Donkor, who had introduced him to the accused as a bad priest capable of letting him out. ;help.

The prosecution said the plaintiff and Ato had contacted Trukusu at Pampaso's number one, and he had agreed to exhume the bottles for a fee.

The complainant then went with Trukusu to Agona Duato, where the farm is located, and showed him the place. The accused then requested a sheep and an advance of 500.00 GH €, provided by the complaint.

The prosecution stated that the accused then searched the bottles of schnnapp around 10 pm, after which he informed the petitioner that he should proceed with a spiritual cleansing of the bottles in the shrine before the give him back.

He added that the bad priest had again asked GH3000.00 to buy items for cleaning.

The prosecution stated that because the plaintiff could not afford this amount, he relied on his potential buyers from Sunyani to pay this amount.

The Prosecution stated that after receiving the money, the accused had gone out of business and that every effort to find him to recover the bottles ended in failures. until January 16, 2019, the date on which he returned home. A complaint was lodged against him to the police, where he was arrested. and after investigation charged with the offense.