From George Ernest Asare, Kumasi.
A pastor who allegedly sneaked into the mortuary of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi with the intention of collecting fluid from dead bodies to enhance his spiritual powers collided head-on with the law when he was eventually arrested by authorities of the hospital.
Philip Kwadwo Offei, who is on police enquiry bail, was alleged to be spiritually bankrupt, making it difficult for him to attract and retain large numbers of people in need of spiritual protection.
His church — the Global Pentecostal Ministry, located at Asawasi, a Kumasi suburb — is also alleged to be losing its members on a daily basis, causing him sleepless nights.
It was his determination to address the problem that allegedly landed him at the KATH mortuary to collect fluid from the bodies there.
At the mortuary, the suspect was alleged to have lied to the attendants that his nephew was seriously ill and that to ensure the nephew’s speedy recovery, a pastor had directed him to collect the fluid as part of a spiritual healing.
The Security Co-ordinator of KATH, Lt P.J. Bosompem (retd), who spoke to The Mirror in an interview after the suspect’s arrest, said, “We felt it was unusual for somebody to sneak into the mortuary with the intention of collecting fluid from dead bodies. It was not proper. We suspected it was the work of a syndicate and so we arrested him and handed him over to the police. We are, however, undertaking our own investigations.”
Corporal Godwin Ahianyo of the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Office, who confirmed Offei’s arrest, said Offei had been granted bail with a surety pending further investigations into the case.
He said the police had already taken statements from both the complainants and the suspect to enhance their investigations.
Cpl Ahianyo said the docket on the case had also been sent to the Attorney-General’s Department for advice, adding that based on the report, the police would take the necessary action.
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