By Grace Zigah
The Volta Regional Police Command has arrested six individuals, including a woman and a fetish priest, in connection with the ritual murder of a young mason in Mafi Adidome.
The chilling incident has shaken the Central Tongu District following the revelation that multiple bodies were secretly buried beneath a local shrine.
The main victim, 25-year-old Nelson Anyena, had recently relocated from his hometown, Wusuta in the South Dayi District, to join his wife in Mafi-Adidome.
He went missing on December 4, 2024, the same day he was lured out under the guise of a romantic meeting.
His decomposed body was finally exhumed from under a shrine on July 7, 2025, following a court order secured by the Police.
According to a press release issued by the Volta Regional Police Public Affairs Unit and signed by Chief Inspector Francis Kwaku Gomado, the arrest was the result of months of covert investigations and collaboration between community members and the Police.
Orchestrated Murder for Ritual Purposes
Initial investigations revealed a disturbing plot.
Augustina Fiawoyife, a 21-year-old unemployed woman and girlfriend of the suspected mastermind Wisdom Hedidor, allegedly lured Nelson to a secluded location on the evening of December 4, pretending to want a romantic encounter.
There, Hedidor, a 31-year-old herbalist, together with his accomplice, Courage Bedzo alias Dzidefo, a Kente weaver, strangled the victim to death.
The murder was allegedly commissioned by Gblor Noah alias Ekpedzi, a 42-year-old fetish priest, who is said to have earlier approached the duo with an offer to buy a dead body for ritual purposes.
After the killing, Hedidor and Bedzo contacted Gblor, who arrived at the scene with his brothers Yohannes Gblor, 27, a security guard, and John Gblor, 40, a lotto writer.
The trio allegedly paid GH₵7,000 for the body, which was subsequently buried under Noah Gblor’s shrine at Blorkope.
Discovery of Multiple Bodies
In a shocking twist, during the exhumation exercise led by Volta Regional Crime Officer Superintendent Omari Mic Boakye and environmental health officers, two additional unidentified bodies were discovered buried beneath the same shrine.
All three bodies, including that of Nelson Anyena, have been transferred to the Police Hospital Mortuary in Accra for preservation, autopsy, and DNA profiling.
Legal Action and Community Reaction
All six suspects are currently in police and prison custody and are scheduled to reappear in court on August 8, 2025, as the investigations continue.
The police have not ruled out further arrests as efforts are underway to determine the identities of the other two bodies and the full extent of the ritualistic network.
