A Kumasi Circuit Court has remanded 44-year-old Pastor Kwadwo Poku of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Sewua, Bosomtwe District for allegedly swindling three sisters of a total of GH�1,200.00 under the pretext of solving their spiritual problems.
He denied the offence and would re-appear on Tuesday, June 21. Police Chief Inspector Mary Nana Adwoa Affanyi told the Court presided over by Mr William Boampong that the complainants; Ama Boatemaa, Vida Ataa and Adwoa Tawiah are siblings and reside in Sewua.
In April last year, Poku demanded and was paid GH�600.00 by Boatemaa to exorcise her daughter of witchcraft.
He also collected GH�450.00 from Ataa to cast a spell on her rich father so that he would not refuse any financial request made on him.
Tawiah on her part paid GH�150.00 to him to aid her to find a lost passport and resolve her marital problem.
The prosecution said Poku could not do any of these, went into hiding and re-surfaced after about two months. A report was made to the police and he was arrested. He jumped police enquiry bail and was re-arrested and handed over to the police by his surety on May 29, this year.
Source: GNA
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