Pastor on GH¢150,000 bail for stealing cash and Range Rover vehicle from deceased friend

A 38-year-old pastor, Wisdom Kwame Adu, alias Agya, has been granted GHS150,000 bail with two sureties—one to be justified with landed property—for allegedly stealing from his late friend.

Adu, who pleaded not guilty, is accused of stealing a Range Rover, an ATM card, and GHS27,000.

He allegedly used the deceased's ATM card to withdraw funds between June 8 and 10, 2025.

The court has ordered him to reappear on July 14, 2025.

According to ASP Issah Achiburi, the complainant, Mr. Samuel Awuku Darko, is the elder brother of the deceased, Emmanuel Offei, who lived at Akropong Akuapem.

Adu, a friend of the deceased, resides at Korleyman, near Medea.

In April, Offei was hospitalised at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital but voluntarily discharged himself on April 30, 2025.

On May 26, Adu and Offei reportedly travelled to Kumasi for prayers.

Offei died on June 5 on the premises of a church, and Adu informed the family.

Adu handed over the deceased's phone to the complainant but failed to return the unregistered Range Rover and secretly kept Offei's Ecobank ATM card.

Between June 8 and 10, multiple ATM withdrawals totalling GHS27,000 were traced to Kumasi and Pokuase-Amasaman.

The complainant, upon receiving alerts, reported the matter to the CID Headquarters.

On June 17, Adu was arrested at his rented residence, where police retrieved GHS35,356 and £40 during a search.

The deceased's body is being preserved at a private mortuary in Tinkong pending autopsy.

Police said investigations are ongoing.
GNA