Kasoa ritual murder: Mahama donates GHC 10,000 to bereaved family

Former President John Dramani Mahama and the opposition NDC have donated GHC10,000 to the bereaved family of the 10-year-old boy murdered for rituals in Kasoa.

The NDC’s 2020 Vice-Presidential Candidate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, led a delegation to sympathise with the family on Tuesday, April 13, 2021.

In her comments, she said the “despicable episode demands national soul searching and an honest enquiry into the direction of our country”.

She continued: “Even as a mother and grandmother, I do not pretend to fully comprehend what my fellow mother is going through at this moment save to offer prayers and words of sincere sympathy.

“May Allah grant solace and strength to the bereaved family particularly in this holy month of Ramadan”.

On April 4, 2021, two teenagers were arrested by the police in Kasoa in the Central Region for their alleged involvement in a murder related to money rituals.

Felix Nyarko, aka Yaw Anane, 16, a mason labourer, who is the first accused, and Nicholas Kini Kwame, 18, a student and second accused, lured10-year-old Ishmael Mensah Abdallah into an uncompleted building and killed him.

The deceased was playing a video game when he was called into the uncompleted building by his playmates, who are known residents in the area.

Per the reports, the accused persons hit Ishmael with an object which resulted in instant death.

According to sources, the incident happened at the Kasoa suburb of Lamptey Mills on Saturday, April 3, 2021, between 5 pm and 6 pm.

Ishmael lived with the mother and sister at Kasoa, whilst the father lived elsewhere.

According to Ishmael’s mother, the father had travelled and had not been able to visit them for some time.

As a practice, the mother of the deceased said the boy often attends Islamic lessons on Saturdays but failed to do so on that fateful day because he was waiting for his father, who had promised to visit.

The mother said Ishmael’s sister rushed in to inform her that he had been killed.

The residents apprehended the teenagers and reported the case to the Kasoa police.

The accused persons are to reappear on April 20, 2021.