The arrest of six individuals by the Ghana Police Service’s Homicide Unit at Gblorkope in the Central Tongu District of the Volta Region, in connection with the gruesome murder of a male victim, has uncovered a web of complicity and a chilling plot allegedly orchestrated by the suspects.

According to The Chronicle newspaper, the deceased — identified as Nelson Anyena — was allegedly killed due to his suspected involvement with a 21-year-old female suspect, believed to be a fetish priestess, by her boyfriend, with whom she had an intimate relationship.

According to the report, the suspected mastermind, 31-year-old Wisdom Hedidor, allegedly conspired with his friend Courage Bedzo, 25, and the 21-year-old female fetish priestess, Augustina Fiawoye — who was in an intimate relationship with Hedidor — to lure the deceased, Nelson Anyena, to an uncompleted building.

Unaware of the danger awaiting him, the deceased reportedly accepted the invitation and was subsequently ambushed and strangled to death by the two suspects: Hedidor and Courage, all under the watch of Augustina, the lady at the center of the issue.

The Chronicle reported that the deceased was transported in a ‘Motor King’ tricycle bucket concealed beneath firewood and handed over to 42-year-old shrine priest, Noah Gblor, who had allegedly requested a dead body and offered a payment of GH¢7,000.

Following the incident, shrine priest Noah Gblor — alongside two of his siblings who have also been arrested — is alleged to have dismembered the deceased and buried his remains at the shrine.

Meanwhile, Wisdom Hedidor, a private security guard, and Courage Bedzo reportedly used the cash payment from the priest to fund a lavish lifestyle within the community.

The police arrested the suspects, with the operation uncovering not only Nelson's body but also several other skeletal remains buried beneath idols, as well as assorted human body parts hidden in nearby bushes, raising fears of serial ritual killings.

Meanwhile, all six suspects appeared before a District Court in Ho, charged with abetment of crime to wit murder, and conspiracy to commit crime to wit murder.

MAG/AE

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