The Agona Swedru Divisional Police Command has arrested a man suspected of decapitating an Okada rider at Kwame Adwen, a village near Gomoa Afransi in the Central Region’s Gomoa Central District.

The suspect, Augustine Ankomah, believed to be in his 30s and also an Okada rider, allegedly tried to sell a human head to a Togolese woman in the same community where the incident took place.

Reports indicate that on Saturday, December 14, Ankomah approached the woman and offered to sell the head. Alarmed by his claim, she informed a local herbalist, whose name has been withheld for safety reasons.

The herbalist, with the help of some youth from the village, set up a trap near the woman’s home. As Ankomah arrived with the severed head, he was confronted and apprehended.

The severed head was later identified as belonging to Kwame Fosu, the Okada rider who had gone missing nearly a week earlier.

The suspect and his alleged accomplices were turned over to the police, who confirmed his detention at the Winneba Police Station. Ankomah is expected to appear in court today, Monday, December 16, 2024, as investigations continue.