A man identified as Benjamin Adjei, has been arrested by the police for attempting to use his nephew for money ritual in the Sunyani municipality of Bono region, Ghana.
According to reports, the suspect allegedly lured his 13-year old nephew, Listowel Adjei, into a taxi but
got unlucky as he was arrested upon a tip-off at the Abesim-Tano polioce barrier on Sunyani-Kumasi highway on their way to the shrine, on Saturday, May 15.Police sergeant, Benjamin Lartey, who confirmed the incident told Ghana news Agency on Monday ,May 17, said that an informant reported at the Abesim police station that he received a phone call from the suspect soliciting his assistance to see a ritualist to help him sacrifice his nephew for money rituals.
According to Sgt Lartey, the informant reported to the police that the suspect had lured his nephew into a cab to convey him to the place for rituals.
He said police laid ambush at Abesim-Tanoso barrier and arrested the suspect in possession of a bag containing a cutlass, a knife, red calico, a pot, quantity of cola nuts, cowries and GHC300
"He was arrested and taken to the station, and during interrogation, he really admitted that was his intention. His plan was nipped in the bud, courtesy the assistance given to police by the informant" he added.
"Because we have had a description of the taxi and the way he was going to carry the victim, when we got him arrested in the taxi, we found the victim who ic a close nephew on board, and then we had a handbag containing a big cutlass, a knife, red calico, one big pot, a number of kolanuts, cowries and 300 Ghana cedis in cash, apparently, with which he had wanted to go and perform rituals in order to get rich overnight," DSP Wiredu stated
