*Police Move In
*He Came To Her Church Very Ill, Got Healed, Then Married Her
*Feared Wife’s Relatives In Nigeria Would Seek Repatriation Of Body
Shock and outrage greeted revelations that an 80-year-old Nigerian female cleric in Ghana has been secretly buried by her Ghanaian husband in their bedroom.
They were married for 11 years.
The Assin Fosu District Court, presided over by Abdul Majid Iliasu, has remanded the 44-year-old man, identified as Kwaku Charles, for allegedly burying his wife in their bedroom at Twifo Nuamakrom in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District, Central Region of the West African country.
Charles was charged with hindrance of an inquest.
Presenting the facts, the prosecution, led by Inspector Matilda Osaah Buabeng, told the court that following the death of his wife, identified as Esther Bolu, the accused allegedly buried her in their room.
Charles was remanded into police custody when he appeared before the court and is expected to reappear on 19 February, 2026.
Inspector Buabeng said that in his statement to the police, the accused admitted to burying the deceased in a grave he dug inside their room at Twifo Nuamakrom.
According to the prosecution, Charles told investigators that his wife had been ill for some time, but died peacefully in her sleep about three weeks before the discovery.
The Burial
Inspector Buabeng said the accused stated that he dug a grave in their bedroom, lined it with black polythene, dressed the deceased in her favourite white gown and hat and placed her Bible on her chest.
She said Charles further explained that he covered the body with ‘Jack in the bush’, popularly known as Acheampong weeds, before placing wooden slabs and a tarpaulin over the grave and finally covering it with sand.
The prosecution added that the accused failed to report the death to the police or community elders, claiming her family in Nigeria had abandoned the deceased before her death.
Inspector Buabeng said Charles told police he lacked the financial means to transport the body to Nigeria and feared that her community elders would insist on repatriating the body.
He also stated that his wife, while alive, had requested to be buried on her own land in Ghana.
As part of ongoing investigations, the court has granted the police an exhumation and pathological order to enable medical experts to exhume the body and determine the exact cause of death.
Ghanaian newspaper, The Mirror, which ran the story, gathered that the deceased had been operating a church, Miracle Prayer Centre, in Ghana with her Nigerian husband at Kasoa, a town in the country.
However, the marriage reportedly collapsed after the husband married another woman from Nigeria.
Sources said Bolu later left her husband and established a branch of the church at Twifo Nuamakrom.
About 12 years ago, Charles was brought to the church while ill and seeking healing.
After he reportedly recovered, he married Bolu and they have been together for the past 11 years.
The accused is said to have informed Bolu’s former husband about her death and burial.
The former husband subsequently reported the matter to the police, leading to Charles’ arrest.
*PHOTO CAPTION: The burial mound (left) and Bolu (right).
