Pregnant woman murdered for rituals

A 28 year-old pregnant woman at Nakpanduri in the East Mamprusi district, Miss Deborah Jato was allegedly murdered on December 22, last year by the medical assistant of the Local Assemblies of God clinic, for rituals. The suspect, Gabriel Kwao Boso, allegedly killed Miss Jato, seven months pregnant, and cut her body into 179 parts before burying them together with the skeleton in a septic tank.

The Northern Regional Crime Officer, Mr. Joseph Kwame Fosu, who briefed the GNA in Tamale on Thursday, said Boso painstakingly removed every flesh of the deceased, leaving her skeleton.

Her brain matter, liver, heart, breast, navel, genitals, internal organs, collarbone and part of her ribs were missing.

Mr. Fosu said the death of Miss Jato so infuriated the youth of the town that they burnt down the palace of their chief, as well as the houses of five other people suspected to be part of the alleged ritual murder.

A combined team of the police and military was dispatched to the area to maintain law and order.

Meanwhile, Boso has been remanded in police custody at Gambaga pending further investigations.