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Kasoa Murder: Suspects Say A Spiritualist They Saw On TV Asked For Body Parts And Cash
It has emerged that the two teenagers who killed a 10-year-old boy were inspired after watching a spiritualist on TV.
During a first sitting at the Ofaakor District Court, heard that one of the suspects, Felix Nyarko, was moved by the claims of a spiritualist he watched on a TV programme on how to create instant wealth.
The prosecutor told the court that Felix had a discussion with second suspect, Nicholas Kini, who intimated that he also knew another spiritualist in the Volta Region.
The duo, who contacted the spiritualist were instructed to provide a human being and a cash amount of ¢5,000 for rituals to be performed to make them rich, the court heard.
“Second accused [Nicholas Kini] who is not having a phone provided phone number of the said spiritualist to the first accused [Felix Nyarko] who has access to his mother’s phone. After contacting the spiritualist, she agreed to help if only they can provide a human being and cash sum of ¢5,000 for the rituals”, parts of the prosecutor’s facts read.
The court also heard that the two suspects initially planned to kidnap the deceased and take the amount from his family to be presented to the said spiritualist for the rituals but later changed their minds.
The death of Ishmael Mensah on Sunday, April 3, shocked residents of Lamptey Mills, a community near Kasoa in the Central Region.
The two suspects are facing provisional charges of conspiracy to committing murder and murder.
Their pleas were not taken by the court presided over by Her Worship, Rosemond Vera Ocloo who consequently remanded them to reappear before the court on April 20, 2021.
Source: DailyMail Gh
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Akufo-Addo Threatens To Sack Ministers Over Flagbearer Campaign
President Akufo-Addo has threstened to kick out ministers in his government who continue to engage in flagbearer campaign activities few months into his second term.
Disclosing this on Asaase Radio, the New Patriotic Party (NPP’s) General Secretary, John Boadu said “President Akufo-Addo, in his capacity as the President of the Republic of Ghana, has made it clear that anybody that he finds to be distracting his government as a result of his or her ambition, he would not hesitate in getting them out of his government, so that they can concentrate on their presidential ambition or whatever.
“Sometimes it is very difficult for me to talk about these things but it looks like that is what we are to do. So we are putting forward some proposals to the [NPP] National Steering Committee quickly by this month we would be at a National Executive Committee to fashion out some guidance in order to allow government work to go on.”
“What it means is that it would get all and sundry to understand that there is no point in testing waters now whether by their assigns or by they themselves or whoever and there would be very punitive sanctions if one decides to disobey such a measure”, Mr Boadu noted.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
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Court Finds Akuapem Poloo Guilty Over Naked Picture With Son
The Accra Circuit Court has convicted actress, Rosemond Brown, popularly known as, Akuapem Poloo after she admitted guilty on her own plea.
Akuapem Polo who has been charged with publication of nude pictures with her seven-year-old son earlier pleaded not guilty when she was first arraigned, but changed her plea on Wednesday.
According to a report by Starrfm, the accused person pleaded guilty to all three charges and was convicted on her own plea by the court presided over by Her Honour Christina Cann.
EIB Network’s Court Correspondent Murtala Inusah reports that the court has deferred her sentencing to Friday, April 16, 2021, for her to undergo a pregnancy test in compliance with the law regarding a woman who has pleaded guilty in court.
Meanwhile she has been remanded into custody for the prosecution to take her to any Government hospital to conduct the pregnancy test.
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‘4 More To Do More Dumsor’ – Yvonne Nelson Expresses Disappointment In Akufo-Addo
Actress Yvonne Nelson has expressed disappointment in President Akufo-Addo after the recent power outages that has bedeviled the country.
In a series of tweets, she expressed unhappiness over how dumsor is resurfacing five years after her vigil against the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, although the authorities are downplaying the seriousness of the situation.
Using the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2020 campaign slogan of “4 more to do more”, mocked: “4 more to do more Dumsor”.
She called on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to fix the problem, adding: “Never did Ghanaians think you’d let us experience dumsor”.
The tweets read: “4 more to do more DUMSOR”
“Seriously!!!!! This has to stop MR PRESIDENT. #DUMSORMUSTSTOP @NAkufoAddo
“NEVER did Ghanaians think you’d let us EXPERIENCE #dumsor but here we are ….. same leader who bashed ex-president years back! Our leaders keep FAILING us!
“Continue fighting for them…..you’ll sleep in the heat, they’ll sleep in their a/cs regardless.”
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