An Accra Circuit Court has remanded media worker Bilyaminu Ibrahim and journalist Mohammed Musah into police custody over an alleged GH¢800,000 fraud involving a Ghanaian resident in the United States.

Ibrahim is accused of posing as a spiritualist and collecting money from the complainant under the pretext of helping to prevent spiritual attacks, while Musah has been charged with allegedly harbouring a criminal.

Ibrahim and Musah face charges of conspiracy to commit crime, namely defrauding by false pretence, defrauding by false pretence and harbouring a criminal, respectively.

Chief Inspector Ramata Asumah, the prosecutor, told the court that Fawuziya Issaka is the complainant and younger sister of Tourwana Katakarauo, who resides in the United States.

According to the prosecution, in 2021, Katakaraou Jabiru, Ibrahim’s alleged accomplice, learnt that Tourwana was experiencing challenges in the United States and allegedly planned with Ibrahim to obtain money from her through false pretences.

Jabiru allegedly told Fawuziya that he knew a spiritualist who could help resolve the problems, after which Ibrahim allegedly posed as the spiritualist.

The prosecution said the two allegedly collected GH¢800,000 in instalments from Tourwana, claiming the money was required for sacrifices and other spiritual activities to protect her and her mother from attacks.

They allegedly later claimed that Tourwana’s late father owed an unidentified man who intended to haunt her spiritually, resulting in further payments for Quran recitals and other purported spiritual activities.

In 2023, the prosecution said, Jabiru learnt that Tourwana’s mother had suffered a stroke and allegedly told Ibrahim that someone was attempting to inflict a similar attack on her.

The accused allegedly collected additional money for spiritual protection and to redirect the supposed attack to its “sender,” receiving further payments as appreciation.

The matter was reportedly taken to family elders but could not be resolved, leading to a police complaint.

During investigations, Ibrahim allegedly admitted posing as a spiritualist. Police also recovered GH¢49,000 from him.

The prosecution further told the court that Jabiru fled to Togo after learning of Ibrahim’s arrest but returned to Dodowa in September 2026, where he allegedly stayed with Ibrahim and Musah.

On October 1, police officers who went to Jabiru’s residence reportedly met Musah, who allegedly told them that Jabiru had gone out.

The prosecution said Musah later sent Jabiru a text message saying, “Don’t come to the House.”

According to the prosecution, Musah admitted in his statement that he sent the message because he did not want Jabiru to be arrested.

Story by: Andre Mustapha Nii Okai Inusah
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