Efforts by some aggrieved elders in Gomoa Amoanda, Central Region, to orchestrate the killing of the town’s Chief and seven others were thwarted when the spiritual practitioner hired to carry out the act revealed the plot to the Chief.
Details uncovered by GHOne News indicate that two dissatisfied siblings, Kwame Baah and Ewudzi, along with their two nephews, Safohene Joe and Akweylabi, allegedly conspired to enlist the services of a spiritual practitioner to eliminate the recently installed Odzikurow of Gomoa Amoanda, Nana Osuapem Kwawbudu (III), and his council of elders.
Allegedly, the accused individuals reportedly paid GHC5,000, providing pictures of the chief and elders, and pledged an additional GHC2,000, along with a cow and two sheep, as a promised payment contingent upon the successful completion of the intended harm by the spiritual practitioner.
Sources add that, subsequent to the suspects delivering all the necessary items to the spiritual practitioner, the intermediary who facilitated their engagement with the juju man approached the palace and filed a report to the chief and his council of elders, just a day before the planned incident.
The juju man also informed the Gyaasehene of Amoanda that some people had contracted him to kill them and he actually named them.
The suspects were arrested on Friday, January 5, 2024, at about 10:00pm by the Youth of the community at their hideout.
The Odikro of Gomoa Amoanda, Nana Osuapem Kwaw Budu III in an interview condemned the reprehensible actions of the disgruntled elders.
He vowed to have them banished from the town as their conduct could not be entertained in the town.