A 38-year-old pastor, Wisdom Kwame Adu, alias Agya, has been granted bail in the sum of GH¢150,000 with two sureties—one of which must be justified with landed property—for allegedly stealing from his deceased friend.

Adu, who pleaded not guilty, is accused of stealing a Range Rover, an ATM card, and GH¢27,000. He allegedly used the deceased’s Ecobank ATM card to withdraw the funds between June 8 and 10, 2025.

The court has ordered him to reappear on July 14, 2025.

According to ASP Issah Achiburi, the complainant, Mr. Samuel Awuku Darko, is the elder brother of the deceased, Emmanuel Offei, who resided at Akropong Akuapem.

Adu, a friend of the deceased, lives at Korleman, near Medie.

In April, Offei was hospitalised at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital but discharged himself voluntarily on April 30, 2025.

On May 26, Adu and Offei reportedly travelled to Kumasi for prayers. Offei died on June 5 on the premises of a church, and Adu subsequently informed the family of his passing.

He handed over the deceased’s phone to the complainant but failed to return the unregistered Range Rover and secretly kept Offei’s ATM card.

Between June 8 and 10, multiple ATM withdrawals totalling GH¢27,000 were traced to locations in Kumasi and Pokuase-Amasaman.

The complainant, upon receiving transaction alerts, reported the matter to the CID Headquarters.

On June 17, Adu was arrested at his rented residence, where police recovered GH¢35,356 and £40 during a search.

The deceased’s body is being preserved at a private mortuary in Tinkong pending autopsy.

Police say investigations are ongoing.