Two individuals have been arrested by the police in Korve, located in the Akatsi North District of the Volta Region, in connection with a suspected ritual murder.
Dzagey William and his accomplice, Agbemenyo Yao, are accused of fatally shooting Godfred Kudalor and extracting his vital organs.
After leaving to gather firewood for charcoal, Agbodzi Konor was reported missing on Friday, January 10, 2025. Despite a dedicated three-day search by the community, efforts to locate him were unsuccessful.
His aunt, Korshio Konor, mentioned that she had spoken with him earlier in the day and was looking forward to meeting him in the evening.
“I called him at about 11 am, and he told me he would call me back. I called again at 3 and 8 pm, and the number wasn’t going through. So, we reported at the Chief’s palace and to the Assembly Member that he went missing”, she said.
Without the knowledge of his family, Agbodzi tragically encountered his untimely demise on that ill-fated day.
Dzagey William, accompanied by his accomplice Agbemenyo Yao, allegedly shot Agbodzi in the face during lunch, according to Dzagey’s girlfriend. She recounted that they permitted her to leave after the incident, provided she agreed to reunite with Dzagey as his wife and remain silent about the event.
Subsequently, she escaped to Accra but later returned at the Police’s request to recount the incident, which led to the arrest of Yao and William.
It is unclear what could have led the suspect to shoot and kill Agbodzi in the presence of his ex-wife.
Dzagey was reported to have threatened to take the life of the deceased, who was his political opponent and was also dating his ex-wife.
Others suspect ritual killing as the victim’s head, penis, testicles, heart, and other organs were removed and hidden elsewhere.
The Akatsi North New Patriotic Party Chairman, Godfred Kudalor, lauded the collaboration of the Police and community leaders in handling the case.
“We had information that Dzagey threatened our Polling Station Chairman that they would kill him. The deceased had to be protected to go and vote on 7th December. We thought it was just one of those election issues, but we later heard he was killed. They beheaded him, took his heart, kidney, penis, and testicles”, he said.
The family is appealing to the police to speed up investigations and hand over the corpse for early burial.
The corpse and other parts of the body have been retrieved and deposited at the morgue of St. Anthony’s Hospital in Dzodze.
Source: Fred Quame Asare
