Catechist dies from bat bite

Members of the Suhum branch of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Ghana have abandoned their chapel for fear of "seeing the ghost" of their late Catechist, who died after being bitten by a bat during a church service last month.

The late Catechist, Samuel K. Agbemeva, was an accountant at the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) at Suhum, and reports say the bat bit him twice in the mouth.

A member of the church told the Statesman in Suhum that the catechist managed to kill the bat but he fell sick the next morning and was admitted to the Suhum Government Hospital but was later transferred to the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital where he died on admission.

"The mysterious death of our catechist has so much mystified the entire membership of the church that we're scared to congregate and worship together in the same chapel, the bewildered member of the church added. The late catechist has since been buried at his hometown, Keta, in the Volta Region.