Ghanaian Teenagers Two teenagers, one 15-year-old and the other 18-year-old, have been arrested and charged to court for murder after they were linked to the death of a 10-year-old boy, Ishmael Abdallah. Names of the accused were withheld by the police probably because of their minor age, pending the decision of the presiding court.
According to the Chief Police Investigator, Isaac Asiedu Odei, one of the suspected teenagers confessed to him during interrogation that they buried Abdallah alive while he was still breathing.
The teenagers who are currently standing trial before a seven-man panel headed by Justice Lydia Osei-Marfo, revealed that they lured their victim to an uncompleted building and killed him with a club and cement block. Although they have pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy and murder charges leveled against them.
The 18-year-old accused boy confessed that he used the wooden handle of a pickaxe to hit Abdallah on the head. The 15-year-old juvenile also confessed that they both used a shovel and space to dig a grave where they buried Abdallah while he was still breathing.
The two teenagers further confessed that they had consulted a Ghanaian spiritualist for money rituals locally known in the country as “Sakawa” on March 29, 2021. The spiritualist who resides in the Volta region of the country was said to have requested GHc5,000 (Five Thousand Ghanian Cedes) and a human being to perform the ritual for them.
On April 3, 2021, the accused two teenagers lured Abdallah to an uncompleted building, killed and used him in furtherance of their “Sakawa” mission.
Giving a full account of how Abdallah was killed, the accused teenagers stated that he was lured to an uncompleted building and one of them told him to pick a video game they had planted in a sack bag at the corner of the house. When Abdallah bent down to pick up the video game, one of the teenagers hit him on the back of his neck while the second teenager used a cement block found in the building to hit the deceased on the head. Abdallah became unconscious but still managed to beg the accused teenagers to not kill him and forgive him if he had offended them but they refused his plea. They then brought out a shove and spade which they used to bury him even when he was still breathing unconsciously.
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Written by Omooba Alekuwodo (omoobaalekuwodo)
Published 10/26/2023 1:57:14 PM