Spiritualist uproots juju from palace?
Armed policemen responding to a distress call of armed robbery in the palace of the chief of Dompoase in the Adansi North District in the Ashanti Region in the morning of December 2, 2013, were shocked to see a supposed spiritualist holding an object he claimed to be juju, which he uprooted from the palace.
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The man, Mallam Issah Mohammed, 40, alleged that he buried the object in the palace as part of a spiritual assignment he performed for the chief, Okofo Sobin Kan II.
However, the failure of the chief to honour the promise of paying him the full amount charged for the work compelled him to storm the palace with about 10 heavily-built men to dig out the object.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Daniel Anane Amoah, the Fomena District Police Commander, told the Daily Graphic last Saturday that following the 'distress call' from the palace at Dompoase, police responded immediately by sending armed men from Fomena to Dompoase.
But the police did not find anything on the men to suggest they were armed robbers.
That notwithstanding, DSP Amoah said the case had been forwarded to the regional police command in Kumasi for further investigations.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Yusif Mohammed Tanko, confirmed that the case was with the regional command.
He, however, said the chief had denied the juju was buried in the palace as the Mallam alleged.
According to the Mallam, sometime last year, the chief approached him to help him overcome some spiritual challenges.
He said he charged the chief GH¢45,000 for the ‘job’ but after completing the task, he was paid GH¢5,000, leaving a balance of GH¢40,000.
Mallam Issah said all attempts to get the chief to pay him the remaining amount proved futile so he decided to go to the palace to remove the juju he planted there.
Fearing he may be attacked, the “mallam” said he hired some heavily-built men to accompany him to uproot the juju.
The Daily Graphic gathered over the weekend that the “mallam” had been arraigned in Kumasi for unlawful entry.