Prophetess Floda Ekpe, the 52 -year -old woman who demanded the severed head of a 12 -year -old boy from an Okada rider to perform money rituals has been arrested in the Volta Region.
This follows a confession by Emmanuel Tsidi Doe ,22 , the okada rider who murdered the boy.
According to a Police source, the main suspect, during interrogation, said Prophetess Floda Ekpe of the Shelter Pentecostal Church Prayer Centre at Aflorkope asked him to bring a human head for money rituals .
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The head of the 12-year old boy was found behind the house of Prophetess Ekpe while the headless body was found in a river at Aflorkope – Dove, a small village in the Volta Region.
Body of the deceased has been deposited at the Roman Catholic Hospital, Battor for preservation and autopsy.
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The Bole Police Patrol team has arrested two armed men at Maluwe, a community in the Bole District of the Savannah Region.
The suspects are Dauda Appiah, 43, and Yusiif Abdullah, 25.
Inspector Owusu Adjekum, the Public Relations Officer for Savannah Region in a statement said the two had been on the police wanted list after robbing a resident of his gold and machine.
According to him, the Bole Police carried the operation together with two other persons at Talekura, who are currently at large.
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“The suspects were in mask and armed with gun and cutlass when they robbed the victim of his Gold detecting machine, but on 30/08/21 at about 1:00pm they were spotted with the machine at Maluwe hence their arrest”. He said.
“A search conducted in the suspects’ room revealed an empty shell of G3 ammunition, a barrel of single barrel gun. Cutlasses were also retrieved from the suspects’ room,” he added.
The PRO said the items retrieved from the suspects have been preserved for evidential purposes.
He added that, the two suspects Appiah Dauda and Yusuf Abdullah are in Police custody for further investigation and prosecution.
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