The Murder Unit of the Ghana Police Service has made a significant breakthrough in a suspected ritual homicide case involving the disappearance of 28-year-old Nelson Anyana.
An intensive investigation led to the invention and exhumation of a number of human stays buried inside a shrine at Gblorkope, positioned within the Central Tongu District of the Volta Area.
This operation follows a report filed by Consolation Hatse, the mom of the deceased, who knowledgeable police that her son had gone lacking on December 4, 2024, after leaving residence to satisfy a girl named Augustina Fiawoyife. He was formally declared lacking on December 17.
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Working with three key suspects, murder detectives from the Volta Regional Police Command searched a property believed for use for ritualistic practices.
The group exhumed Nelson Anyana’s physique, buried beneath idols on the Gblorkope shrine, confirming suspicions of formality homicide.
The police additional uncovered three extra human skeletal stays buried underneath separate idols on the identical location.
Extra human physique elements, believed to belong to different victims, have been additionally found buried in surrounding bushes, elevating fears that the positioning might have been a hub for serial ritual killings.
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Six people have since been arrested and arraigned in reference to the homicide.
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Gblor Noah, alias Ekpedzi, 37, fetish priest
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The final three, all brothers, are believed to function the Gblorkope shrine.
In response to the police, the homicide was orchestrated by Knowledge Hedidor, who had reportedly grown jealous of the deceased’s relationship with Augustina, his romantic accomplice.
Investigations reveal that across the identical interval, fetish priest Gblor Noah allegedly requested a human physique for ritual functions in trade for cost.
Braveness Bedzo is alleged to have relayed the request to Hedidor, who agreed to hold out the killing.
On December 12, 2024, Augustina lured Nelson Anyana to a quiet space in Adidome, the place Hedidor and Bedzo ambushed and strangled him, allegedly within the presence of Augustina.
The physique was later bought by the fetish priest and his affiliate, Gblor Johannes, for GH¢7,000. It was transported to the shrine at Gblorkope, utilized in ritual practices, and buried underneath one of many idols.
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Following the operation, all six suspects have been arraigned earlier than the Ho District Courtroom. They face fees of abetment of crime, to wit, homicide, and conspiracy to commit crime, to wit, homicide.
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Police say forensic evaluation is underway to determine the opposite human stays recovered and to find out if extra suspects must be charged.
The surprising discovery has triggered public outrage and worry amongst residents of the Central Tongu District, with many demanding swift justice and a broader crackdown on suspected ritual networks within the area.
The Ghana Police Service has assured the general public of its dedication to completely examine the case and convey all perpetrators to justice.
