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01.12.2006 General News

Police arrest Klikor chiefs for alleged ritual murder

By mjol
Police arrest Klikor chiefs for alleged ritual murder
01.12.2006 LISTEN

The Paramount Chief of Klikor Traditional Area in the Ketu District of the Volta Region, Togbuiga Addo and a number of his sub-chiefs as well as their linguists have been arrested for an alleged ritual murder.

The suspects are alleged to have murdered two persons for fishing in a prohibited river. The Klikor police have declined to name the victims but said they arrested the suspects upon a tip-off.

Togbuiga Addo and the sub-chiefs, together with their linguists have been remanded in prison custody and are to face the courts again on December 15.

The Volta Regional Police Commander ACP Bernard Dery, told Joy News that on November 21, a tip-off led to the discovery of a fresh grave near a popular spot called Task Corner in the Agbozume, Klikor area.

The dismembered bodies of two male adults were exhumed from the grave, with their heads and limbs chopped off and their stomachs opened. The police conveyed the bodies to the Ketu District Hospital for preservation and later transferred to Accra for autopsy.

Commander Dery explained that the two went fishing in a river that had been banned by the Klikor Traditional Authority.

The Traditional Authority subsequently engaged the services of three river guards to monitor activities on the river and they are suspected to have carried out the murder.

The Police Commander said his outfit would not compromise criminal activity in the region and would do all they can to bring every person connected with the heinous crime to book.

“Such a heinous and wicked crime in the 21st Century, and furthermore around Christmas when people are preparing feverishly to celebrate the Christmas and the New Year with their families is something which the police are doing every thing possible to get all the perpetrators arrested, without fear or favour and bring them to justice. Let me assure the nation that everything possible will be done and the rule of law is in force and nobody is going to be spared, nobody is going to be spared in connection with this matter.”

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