Two fetish priests die after drinking Akpeteshie ‘bitters’

Two fetish priests from Techiman in Brong-Ahafo Region last Wednesday died after drinking a mixture of Akpeteshie and some herbs at Senease in the Berekum Municipality.  

The Regional Police Public Relations Officer,Chief Inspector Augustine Kingsley Oppong said their names are Nana Kwaku Prince, alias Rasta, aged 44 and Nana Kwame Ofori, 40 years. 

Four other victims, also from Techiman are also on admission at the Berekum Holy Family Catholic Hospital. 

Chief Inspector Oppong said on February 7, Nana Kwadwo Obeng, aged 65, the fetish priest of the Tansie shrine at Senease and leader of Fetish Priest Association in the Berekum Municipality invited Nana Prince to participate in a six day workshop organised for members of the Association at Senease. 

He said Nana Prince asked permission the next day to return with his team to Techiman, adding that as customs demands, Nana Obeng instructed some of his subjects to serve them with the Akpeteshie before their departure.
 
Chief Inspector Oppong said immediately after they had drunk the bitters, all the six visitors complained of severe stomach pains and started vomiting and were rushed to the Holy Family Hospital but Nana Prince and Nana Ofori were pronounced dead on arrival. 

He said the four Kofi Isaac, Febri Kwame, Baffoe Mandela and Benjamine Jesse, aged 44, 35, 26 and 76 respectively are responding to treatment whilst the bodies of the two deceased have been deposited at the Hospital’s morgue.
 
Chief Inspector Oppong said Kwaku Asamoah, alias KK, Nana Obeng alias Okomfo Emmanuel, aged 65 and Kwaku Abebrese, suspects in the case are in Police in custody and assisting in Police investigation.

SOURCE: GNA
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