A 23-year-old man identified as Benjamin Adjei has been arrested by the Sunyani Police for attempting to use his nephew for money rituals at Abesim in the Sunyani Municipality.
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Benjamin who is known to be a fashion designer allegedly lured the victim into a taxi cab, but luck eluded him when he was arrested at the Abesim-Tano police barrier on the Sunyani-Kumasi highway on their way to the shrine upon a tip-off.
According to Police District Sergeant Benjamin Lartey, the suspect upon his arrest confessed to the crime after he was interrogated and will be arraigned before the court today, May 17th, 2021.
Sergeant Benjamin Lartey clarified that an informant came to the Abesim police station and claimed that the perpetrator had called him and asked for his help in finding a ritualist to help him kill his nephew for money rituals a few weeks earlier.
“On Saturday, May 15, the informant informed the police the suspect had succeeded and lured his nephew into a taxi cab ready to convey him to the place for the rituals“, he said.
He said that the police deployed some men to the location disclosed by the informant and laid an ambush where they apprehended the suspect and rescued the boy.
Sergeant Benjamin Lartey noted, adding a handbag containing one big cutlass, a knife, red calico, a big pot, quantities of cola nuts, cowries, and a sum of GH₵300.00 were retrieved from him.
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