THE Hohoe Circuit Court has remanded a renowned herbalist at Gbi-Atabu and four others, including a woman, in prison custody for allegedly killing Herbert Kwame Akubia, a 55-year-old farmer, on his farm at Akpatakuta, near Hohoe, in the Volta Region.
The five, who have been charged with conspiring to commit murder, are Edward Worwonyo, 55, the herbalist, and his son Augustus Senyo Worwornyo, 24, Daniel Akubia, 24, Felix Sepenu Akubia, 23, and Senyonam Akubia, nephew and niece respectively of the deceased.
Their pleas were not taken and are to re-appear on September 17, 2010 before the court presided over by Mr Edward Kwame Bosompim-Apenkwa.
According to the prosecutor, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Benjamin Dadzie of the Hohoe Police, the five accused persons and the deceased person were related and lived in the same community and had been engaged in a protracted family land dispute for some time now.
According to ASP Dadzie, following the litigation, Hebert Akubia initiated a legal suit at the Hohoe High Court, which worsened his relationship with the accused, leading to frequent quarrels.
On August 7, this year, he said, Herbert went to his farm in the company of his 11-year-old step son, Sebi Asiwome, and after working for some time, they decided to prepare some meal.
While preparing the meal, Herbert heard some unusual sound in his teak plantation so he decided to find out who was there.
According to ASP Dadzie, after waiting for hours without his step-father’s return, Asiwome went home to report of his disappearance to his mother.
A search party was organised and it found the body with a nylon rope tied round the neck to a tree and the legs lying on the ground.
He also had a fresh wound at the back of his head with blood stains all over his body.
According to the prosecutor, the police suspected foul play, and investigations led to the arrest of the five accused persons.
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