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Fake prophets arrested in shrine; dupe scores of GH¢298,000

The suspects, identified as Joseph Braimah, 22, and Derick Kweku Sakyi Baisie, 31 (alias Kweku Money) were arrested in Accra and at a shrine at Akyem Abirem in the Eastern Region.

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The two are said to target well-established traders and other personalities, mainly in the Greater Accra Region and other parts of the country.

The Public Relations Officer of the Accra Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Afia Tenge according to Daily Graphic report were nabbed after some victims reported their activities to the police.

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So far, the police have received reports from five victims who have been duped to the tune of GH¢298,000.

One of the victims, a trader at Tudu, who first reported to the police, is said to have given the false prophets GH¢75,000, while her son parted with GH¢220,000, an Apple mobile phone, a KIA Optima and a Mercedes C Class saloon car.

A sister of the trader was also made to part with GH¢6,000 for prayers to help her overcome her infertility issues, while two other victims were duped of GH¢4,500 and GH¢2,500 and an Infinix mobile phone to avert accidents and death.

They are said to have used prophecies of death, accidents, spiritual attacks on businesses and  family members, among other dangers to extort money from their victims in the name of saying special prayers for them.

ASP Afia Tenge said, Baisie [Suspect] was consulting the services of Nana Boame, a renowned fetish priest in the Eastern Region, for protection and powers to avoid arrest.

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Baisie later managed to convince the trader  accommodate Braimah in her house to offer intense prayers at all times.

Mrs Tenge said police investigations showed that while in the trader’s house, Braimah gave more information on the trader and her family to Baisie, who called the trader regularly to claim he had seen those things in revelations.

At a point, she said, the fake prophets gave false prophecies of foreseen accidents which would result in the death of the trader and her family members.

They also claimed a sister of the trader suffering from stroke could be healed, while the infertility problem of another could be overturned with prayers.

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After arresting the two suspects, Mrs Tenge said, the police retrieved a list with more than 400 names believed to be victims of the fake prophets.

She said the police had since retrieved the KIA Optima, while the suspects could not produce the money they had allegedly collected from the victims, as they claimed they had given a greater part of it to Nana Boame, the fetish priest.

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