A 35-year-old spiritualist identified as Mallam Suleman Mumuni Tanko popularly known in Cape Coast as Malam TK has been arrested by the Kasoa Ofaakor District Police Command for allegedly poisoning to death a 24 years old accountant, Anita Walters in a hotel room and stealing her $10,000.
The deceased was an accountant at Power Hydraulic Company in the Odupong Ofaakor Community but was under investigation for stealing a huge amount from the company’s account.
He reportedly went to the Spiritualist for protection to stop the said investigation.
Speaking to Bryt FM News Correspondent, Eric Owusu Amponsah, Kasoa Ofaakor District Police Commander DSP Samuel Shedrack Amfoh narrated that “this month November, Police had a complaint from a hotel in Ofankor that, a lady is dead in one of their hotel rooms, so immediately Police proceeded to the hotel and when the door was opened we found a lady of about 24 years who was in a deep unconscious condition so immediately rushed him to a Kasoa Polyclinic through ambulance but the Doctors on duty told us that the state of the victim is so serious so we should send him to 37 Military Hospital, we sent her to 37 Military Hospital and the next day we were informed that he has passed on” He said.
He added “In our investigations, we had some taxi drivers whom the lady had been hiring for her rounds so two of the taxi drivers informed us that the lady has been visiting a Malam in cape coast so Police limited our investigations to cape coast and with the aid of our CID officer he informed us that he will gather intelligent at cape coast.so the following day the suspect and we went for him. The suspect says he is a spiritual father to the deceased.”
The police investigation also revealed that the deceased was told by Malam to book the hotel room of Boatemaa Hotel at Ofankor with a different name which the deceased obliged that she was called Sandra.
According to the Police, upon arrival in the hotel room, they found out that the suspect prepared some concoction believed to be poisonous and gave to the victim to drink after realizing seeing h $10,000 in her bag.
The Spiritualist absconded with the money after the victim fell unconscious.
The suspect provisionally charged with murder will be put before court for a remand into Police Custody to assist in further investigation.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
