Two people, the Tufohen of Ekumfi Akwakrom and a self-styled pastor have been arrested in connection with the death and secret burial of a lady at Mankessim in the Central Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The chief, Nana Oye and the pastor are currently in police custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body of the lady in her mid twenties was exhumed Tuesday (September 20, 2022) in an uncompleted building at Esikafoambatem at Edumadze, a suburb of Mankessim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Identified as Georgina Asor-Botchwey, she was said to have gone missing last Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was after she travelled from Yeji to Cape Coast with the intention of attending an admission interview at a nursing school in at Cape Coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was the pastor, who reportedly after his arrest in connection with the case, led police to the spot where she was buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exhumation<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police exhumed the body in an uncompleted building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body of the deceased has since been deposited at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital for autopsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The assemblyman for the area, Alex Appiah said he had information that police was in his area to exhume a body from an uncompleted building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can confirm that the body of a lady was exhumed from my area yesterday by the police,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Preliminary information gathered by Graphic Online indicates that the pastor had sent the deceased who had come for a visit to a drinking spot owned by Nana Oye also known as Nana Crack to buy her a drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the source after the drink, Georgina was taken to one of the rooms near the pub also owned by Nana Oye to rest there since she looked tipsy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pastor is said to have confessed to the police after which he led the police to the place where the body was buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body was exhumed from the chief\u2019s house where her bag, shoes, and other belongings were also found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident has thrown the residents into a state of shock and fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police investigations are still ongoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n