Facts
According to the police, at about 11.30 p.m. on Saturday, July 20, 2019, residents of Abuom in the Asunafo South District in the Ahafo Region arrested Yaw Yiredie and Isaac Berko on the outskirts of the town in possession of a sack containing human skeletons, and handed them over to the police.
When the two were interrogated, they claimed they were sending the body parts to Kor, the fetish priest, at Kokooso.
The police arrested Kor, but further investigations revealed that Berko and Yiredie dug up the grave at the Presbyterian Cemetery at Abuom to collect the bones of the dead person.
According to the police, it was also established that the grave was that of the mother of the Nifahene of Abuom, who was buried years earlier.
Kor was alleged to have told the police that they ground the human bones into powder and used them for rituals to fortify people who visited his shrine.
He said the powder was also used to treat various ailments.
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Re-burial
Meanwhile, the court has ordered the police to release the skeletons to the family for re-burial.
The Asunafo South District Police Commander told the Daily Graphic that the police were waiting to take the statement of the family before the skeletons would be released for re-burial.
Source: Daily Graphic