By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi, Kumasi.
A 34-YEAR-OLD farmer, Awudu Anini, who professed to have powers to dig up a hidden treasure in the farm of another farmer at Anyinasu in the Ashanti Region, has been remanded in prison custody by a Circuit Court.
He would re-appear before the court on February 9, 2010 to answer a fraud charge preferred against him.
Meanwhile, his accomplice, Sampson Musah, a Kumasi-based trader, is on the run.
Giving the facts to the court presided over by Mr Emmanuel Amo-Yartey; Chief Inspector C K Fosu said the complainant, Yaw Ibolido, and the accused were farmers who lived at Anyinasu.
Mr Fosu said in November, last year, the complainant contacted Anini to assist him to dig up some hidden treasure (gold) on his farm at Anyinasu.
He said the accused readily accepted the invitation and charged him GH¢ 2,300 and a white ram for rituals, which he readily accepted,
At the time of digging for the gold, the prosecutor said Anini met Musah and introduced him to the complainant as a gold testing officer whose services would be needed in the exercise.
The prosecution continued that after the accused person had dug out four yellowish objects he claimed to be gold, he gave them to Musah who also was quoted to have stated that it was pure gold.
Later, the accused person directed the complainant to travel to Kumasi to buy a chemical for Musah to refine the alleged gold.
However, on his return with the chemical, which cost GH¢ 900, the accused rejected it, because he said it was the wrong type.
He, however, managed to convince the complainant to bring additional money for the purification rites.
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