Police Declare ‘Killer’ Fetish Priests’ Wives Wanted

The police are on the heels of the three wives of traditional priest in police custody for allegedly killing a 64-year-old ex-soldier, Edward Quartey Papafio, a Biochemist Consultant from Kasoa in the Central Region.

The three women, according to the police, are suspected to be accomplices of the heinous crime perpetuated by the suspect, Christian Gameli Lawerh, alias Power One, 36.

Power and his accomplice, Famous Adorkunu, alias Scorpion, 37, hail from the Volta region but reside at Maame Dede near Adeiso in the Eastern region.

The duo were operating a shrine called ‘Power 1 Herbal & Spiritual Centre’ located at Adu Kwadwo and Kofi Nyarko villages near Maame Dede Junction on the Nsawam to Adeiso road in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern Region.

The suspects had also allegedly confessed to the murder of one Kwashie Zormelo, a mason whose service was engaged by the fetish priests.

According to the CID, Zormelo also resided at Kasoa.

But the Director-General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, COP Ken Yeboah has hinted that his outfit is searching for the wives of Gameli.

He indicated that preliminary investigations revealed that, the second wife of Power One was the secretary at the shrine and took records of all their clients.

Information from these women, the CID boss added, is very vital to help the police with more evidence to convict the suspects.

COP Yeboah said all three women are currently on the run and the police are on a hunt for them.

He said the two fetish priests have been remanded in police custody by a court in Accra and investigation is ongoing.