Mafi-Adidome – Police in Ghana’s Volta Region have arrested six suspects, including a female and five males, in connection with the ritual murder of 25-year-old mason Nelson Anyena. The arrests were made in Blorkorfe and Awakpedome, suburbs of Adidome in the Central Tongu District.
According to a press release from the Volta Regional Police Command, Anyena, who had moved to Mafi-Adidome from his hometown of Wusuta on December 4, 2024, was lured to a secluded location by a girlfriend, Augustina Fiawoyife (21), under the pretext of a romantic discussion. There, he was allegedly attacked and strangled to death by Wisdom Hedidor (31), a herbalist, and Courage Bedzo (31), a Kente weaver, on the same day.
Preliminary police investigations revealed that Hedidor and Bedzo then contacted Glor Noah, a 42-year-old fetish priest, who had previously sought a dead body for a fee. Noah, along with his two brothers, Yohannes Gblor (27), a security guard, and John Gblor (40), a lotto writer, met Hedidor and Bedzo, paying them GH¢7,000 for Anyena’s body before taking it to Noah Gblor’s shrine at Blorkofe.
On July 3, 2025, police obtained an exhumation order and on July 7, 2025, retrieved Anyena’s body from under the shrine. The exhumation process further led to the discovery of two additional bodies buried at the same shrine, suggesting further alleged ritual activities.
The remains of Nelson Anyena and the two unknown bodies have been transported to the Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for preservation, awaiting autopsy and DNA profiling. All six suspects have been remanded into prison and police custody and are scheduled to reappear in court on August 8, 2025, as investigations continue.
The Regional Police Command has expressed appreciation for public support in uncovering the crime and has urged the victim’s family and associates to remain calm as justice is pursued.
Ruth Abla ADJORLOLO
