By Isaac Nsiah Foster
July 15, 2025
Kodie, Ashanti Region – The Kodie District Court has remanded a 48-year-old self-styled prophetess and a 38-year-old former parliamentary candidate into prison custody over their alleged involvement in a gruesome murder.
The court, presided over by Her Worship Maddalene Thompson, ordered Prophetess Elizabeth Dankwa, founder of the King Solomon Universal Temple at Anomangye-Mpatasie, Kumasi, and Mohamed Mubarak, a trader and one-time All People’s Congress (APC) parliamentary aspirant for the 2024 elections, to reappear on August 19, 2025. This follows the prosecution’s submission that they are awaiting advice from the Attorney General’s office.
Presenting the facts, Chief Inspector Antwi Obeng, the lead prosecutor, informed the court that the complainant is the Kodie Police Command. According to him, Prophetess Dankwa, also known to the deceased’s family, had built a reputation for claiming she could unearth ancient gold.
“In July 2024, the Prophetess collected several sums of money from the deceased, Eric Obeng Darko, and his family under the pretense of retrieving their ancestral gold,” Chief Inspector Obeng revealed.
He added that Dankwa later traveled to the deceased’s family home in Petransa near Konongo, where she dug up twenty round, yellowish objects, claiming they were ancient gold. These objects were handed over to the deceased and kept in his custody pending “spiritual purification” by the prophetess.
“As part of the gold-unearthing rituals, the accused, along with Mubarak, frequently visited the deceased’s home at Banpenase near Fawoade at odd hours,” Obeng said. “During one of those visits, the Prophetess gave more of the supposed gold to the deceased, instructing him to bring them to her church for final purification.”
However, the prophetess allegedly avoided all subsequent meetings with the deceased, who then took the items to a gold dealer for testing—only to discover they were fake.
Feeling defrauded, Obeng Darko began demanding the return of his money—an amount totaling GH₵20,000, which he had earmarked for various expenses. According to the prosecution, the Prophetess then conspired with Mubarak to abduct and eliminate the deceased.
On April 6, 2025, Prophetess Dankwa reportedly invited the deceased to her church, promising purification of the alleged gold. She informed him that Mubarak would pick him up.
“That morning, the deceased told his wife he was heading to the Prophetess’s church and would later travel to his hometown for a funeral,” Chief Inspector Obeng recounted.
Carrying a black pack containing the alleged gold and the cash, Eric left home. But investigators say he never reached his destination. Instead, he was picked up by Mubarak and three accomplices—Joshua, Kwadwo, and Kwaku, all currently at large—in a Honda Odyssey vehicle owned and driven by Mubarak.
At Aboabogya, sensing something was amiss, Eric reportedly tried to escape. “He managed to jump from the vehicle and fled, but was tragically run over by the same Honda Odyssey, killing him on the spot,” Obeng stated.
Later that day, police in Kodie received a report from the Mampong Regional Command about an unidentified body discovered at Aduman near Aboabogya. Officers found a man lying supine with a broken right leg and a blood-covered face. The body was transported to the St. Patrick Hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
On June 8, 2025, police arrested Mohamed Mubarak, who led investigators to his home where the vehicle was retrieved. He was subsequently identified as a key accomplice in the crime.
On June 18, 2025, Prophetess Dankwa was arrested. “During interrogation, she denied ever knowing Mubarak or speaking to him,” Obeng told the court. “But our investigation uncovered phone call logs and WhatsApp audio exchanges between the two.”
These communications allegedly confirmed that Mubarak had been running errands for the prophetess, solidifying the prosecution’s belief in their joint involvement.
Chief Inspector Obeng concluded by assuring the court that intensive efforts are underway to apprehend the remaining suspects—Joshua, Kwadwo, and Kwaku—so they too can “face the full rigours of the law.”
The case continues on August 19, 2025.