Fetish priest, 2 others nabbed over murder in Akatsi South

The Akatsi Police in the Akatsi South Municipal­ity of the Volta Region, have arrested three suspects for allegedly killing a 31-year-old man at Wlitey-Agamakope.

The deceased, Christopher Alavi, who lived at Ziope, until the incident, went missing after he left home to attend a family meeting at Lume Ahugakope on September 7, 2023.

Mr Agbenyega Klaye, the regent of Wlitey-Gamakope, a suburb of Akatsi, told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) that Simon Dorve, 41, a fetish priest and resident of the area, is the prime suspect.

He expressed surprise about the alleged act, in which the suspect himself had confessed murdering the deceased, and his head and both legs removed for rituals.

The source revealed that a complaint was made to the Akatsi police about the missing of the deceased, leading to the arrest of Godfred, a student, and Ahomey Gbeti, also a fetish priest, for hav­ing in their possession, belongings of the deceased.

The police said after interroga­tion, Ahomey Gbeti confessed to having committed the crime with the main suspect, with whom the deceased’s motorbike and body was found and some body parts buried.

Mr Dorve was arrested last Saturday dawn, at Wlitey-Gama­kope to assist in investigations.

It was disclosed to the GNA that the police was expected to exhume the parts of body.

The suspects, who were arraigned at the Akatsi Magistrate Court on Monday, have been re­manded in police custody and will reappear on March 13.