[ 2016-09-23 ]

Spiritualist demands five-legged fowl for rituals

A spiritualist, who demanded various sums of money
and items, including a monkey and a five-legged
fowl from his victim but failed to multiply his
money as promised, has been remanded in prison
custody for defrauding by false pretences.











The Odumase Krobo Circuit Court remanded Torgbe
Xetoe Wise, in custody for defrauding Solomon
Sarkodie, a driver, to the tune of over
GH¢150,000.00.

Wise, who the prosecution described as a
confidence trickster, pleaded not guilty to the
charges.

He is to re-appear on September 28, 2016 for
hearing.

According to the prosecution, Wise succeeded in
taking a cow, pig, car, sheep and drinks from
Sarkodie.

The court, presided over by Mr Frank Yao Gbeddy,
ordered the police to keep Wise in the Akuse
Prison until all the exhibits in the case have
been given to the investigator.

The facts of the case as presented by the
prosecutor, ASP Richmond Akwasi Yeboah, were that
Wise was a fetish priest resident at Natriku, a
suburb of Akuse, while Sarkodie lived in Dubai but
was on holiday to visit his family.

ASP Yeboah said in December, last year,
Sarkodie’s friend, one Prince, led him to
Wise’s shrine at Akuse.

According to the prosecutor, during their
discussions, Wise promised to help Sarkodie to get
whatever he wanted be it money or power since he
could also double any amount of money through his
magical powers.

The prosecutor said Wise then demanded GH¢100
from Sarkodie as consultation fee which Sarkodie
promptly paid.

ASP Yeboah said after the payment of the fee, Wise
also demanded a monkey, sheep, cow, pig, Kalahari
bitters, akpeteshie and schnapps to perform some
rituals in addition to a cash of GH¢150,000 from
Sarkodie.

The prosecutor said Sarkodie, who desperately
wanted his money doubled, sold his car and gave
the money to Wise who promised to triple it to
GH¢450,000.

ASP Yeboah said Wise demanded a car since it was
dangerous to travel on public transport with such
a huge amount in a bag.

He said Sarkodie therefore, went for his
brother’s car and handed it over to Wise.

ASP Yeboah said Wise again asked Sarkodie to buy a
metal trunk and a bag for him (Wise) for the items
and promised to fill both the bag and the trunk
with the tripled cash.

He said Sarkodie fulfilled the demands after which
Wise instructed Sarkodie to move to a hotel with
the trunk and bag, warning Sarkodie that “Evil
spirits may spoil the power given to you and the
money may not triple if you do not comply with the
instruction.”

ASP Yeboah said Sarkodie was further instructed
not to open the trunk and the bag till after 15
days.

ASP Yeboah also told the court that Wise also
collected Sarkodie’s passport and driving
license to fortify them for spiritual protection.

The prosecutor said Sarkodie complied with the
instructions but surprisingly when he opened the
trunk and the bag the only thing he saw inside was
a snake.

Sarkodie returned the trunk and the bag plus the
snake to Wise but Wise blamed Sarkodie for not
following the instructions.

The prosecutor said in order to pacify the gods on
behalf of Sarkodie, Wise again demanded a cow and
a fowl with five legs and Sarkodie provided the
cow but could not get the fowl and that was when
Sarkodie became suspicious of Wise and
consequently reported him to the police.

The prosecutor said after the complaint, the
police proceeded to Wise’s shrine but on seeing
them Wise ran away. The police, however, arrested
his elder brother and retrieved the car from the
shrine and impounded it for further investigation.


The prosecutor said Wise was arrested at his
hide-out on July 21, 2016 and during investigation
he admitted charging Sarkodie GH¢15,000 but
collected only GH¢5,200 from Sarkodie and
explained that Sarkodie consulted him for powers
to enable him (Sarkodie) to easily obtain a visa
whenever he applied for it.

Wise also admitted having in his possession the
complainant’s passport but failed to release
same to the police.

The prosecutor said the police have since
retrieved the cow, pig and Sarkodie’s wallet
from Wise.

Source - graphic.com.gh

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