A Cape Coast District Court has remanded Michael Darko, a self-styled pastor, and Christopher Ekow Clark Quansah, Tufuhene of Ekumfi Akwaakrom, to police custody.
The two are accused of kidnapping, killing, and burying Georgina Botchwey in an unfinished storey building for ritual purposes.
They have been charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, specifically murder, as well as murder in violation of Section 46 of the Criminal and Other Offenses Act, 1980, Act 29.
The Prosecution stated in court on Thursday that Miss Botchwey lives in Yeji in the Bono East Region and is an applicant to the Ankaful Psychiatric Nursing School.
She called the pastor after arriving on Cape Coast on Thursday, September 8, to inform him of his presence in the Central region and her mission.
The self-styled pastor, who was the boyfriend of the deceased’s sister, informed her that he would pick her up after the interview.
According to the prosecution, on Friday, September 9, the chief and the pastor devised a plan to kill the deceased for money rituals.
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According to the prosecutor, Mr Darko met Miss Botchwey at the Ankaful Psychiatric Nursing School and drove her to Pedu Junction in Cape Coast, where the chief had parked his Benz car with the registration number GT 8686-C.
After that, the chief drove them to Akwaakrom. He took the deceased’s iPhone and locked her in a room when he arrived.
The accused went to Asikafo Ambantem, a Mankessim suburb, and dug a hole in an unfinished story building belonging to the chief.
The two returned to find the deceased and delivered her to Asikafo Ambantem.
The deceased was allegedly hit with a club by the chief, causing him to collapse. The pastor is also accused of holding the deceased’s neck until she died.
They took the deceased’s hair after killing her and fled the unfinished storey building around 2 a.m.
Despite having the charges read to them in Fante and Twi, they did not enter a plea.
The case has been adjourned until Monday, October 4, 2022, by the court presided over by Bernice Mensima Ackon.
Source: Joynews
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