Ghanaian self-proclaimed prophet and evangelical preacher has been
arrested on suspicion of murdering his pregnant British wife in a hotel
room
The body of Charmain Adusah, 41, was discovered by hotel staff
face down in a bath where she had been lying for four days. Her husband,
Eric Isaiah Adusah, was alleged to have left the hotel hurriedly on the
day she is believed to have died. He told hotel managers that his
three-month pregnant wife was ill and did not want to be disturbed.
A close family friend said that Mr Adusah, 28, flew back to London but later returned to Ghana after his wife’s body was found by concerned hotel stuff.
Now Mr Adusah is being held in police custody in Ghana on suspicion of murdering his wife, whom he married suddenly last September, following a whirlwind romance. Family members and friends confessed that such a swift wedding was a great shock for all of them.
His wife had an eight-year-old son from a previous relationship in Wales, but the boy has not yet been told the awful news and was staying with his father.
A close family friend said that Mr Adusah, 28, flew back to London but later returned to Ghana after his wife’s body was found by concerned hotel stuff.
Now Mr Adusah is being held in police custody in Ghana on suspicion of murdering his wife, whom he married suddenly last September, following a whirlwind romance. Family members and friends confessed that such a swift wedding was a great shock for all of them.
His wife had an eight-year-old son from a previous relationship in Wales, but the boy has not yet been told the awful news and was staying with his father.
According to Daily Mail, Mr Adusah is the leader of Global Light
Revival Ministries church based in Tottenham, north London and has been
active as a preacher in Britain since 2010. He has led sermons across
the UK and Ireland, receiving £1million in charitable donations in five
years and giving sermons on religious satellite television channels.
The self-proclaimed prophet has always described his preachings as
‘divine visitation’ events.
In
conversation with journalists, a close family friend accused Mr Adusah
of being a ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’, stressing that the husband had
brainwashed his wife.
Mrs Adusah was described as a ‘free spirit’ who started following her husband’s church around two years ago. They started a relationship early last year and married in September in London.
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The couple had travelled to Ghana early this month so Mr Adusah could preach at a three-day religious conference hosted by controversial evangelist ‘Bishop’ John Yaw Adu, who has been exposed for chaining up mentally ill patients at ‘prayer camps’ for days on end so he could ‘heal’ them through prayer.
Local media sources report that Mr Adusah and his wife had argued at the start of the trip and he had booked himself into another hotel alone, leaving her to stay with Bishop Yaw Adu.
Mrs Adusah was described as a ‘free spirit’ who started following her husband’s church around two years ago. They started a relationship early last year and married in September in London.
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The couple had travelled to Ghana early this month so Mr Adusah could preach at a three-day religious conference hosted by controversial evangelist ‘Bishop’ John Yaw Adu, who has been exposed for chaining up mentally ill patients at ‘prayer camps’ for days on end so he could ‘heal’ them through prayer.
Local media sources report that Mr Adusah and his wife had argued at the start of the trip and he had booked himself into another hotel alone, leaving her to stay with Bishop Yaw Adu.
When the conference ended, the couple allegedly reconciled and
checked into the hotel where they booked in for five days. But according
to the reports, the couple was arguing over the length of their stay,
with Mrs Adusah apparently wanting to stay in Ghana for a month but her
husband saying it was far too long.
Mr Adusah is said to have left the hotel at dawn the next day and asked reception not to disturb his wife. But hotel managers became concerned when the woman still had not left the room and would not respond to knocks on the door. Therefore, hotel porters used a spare key to gain access to the room, where they found a dead body.
A spokesman for Criminal Investigation Department at the police headquarters in Koforidua confirmed the woman’s death and added that Mrs Adusah was ‘found dead in the bath lying prostrate with a white towel wrapped around her, almost in a decomposed state’.
Speaking about the tragedy, Cristine Stephen, a close friend of the family, said:
‘We thought he [Mr Adusah] tried to cut her off from us, that he had brain-washed her. What person declares himself a prophet? Charmain was religious but she wasn’t a pastor.’
Mrs Stephen added that the family wants to go to Ghana and repatriate their daughter’s body but they cannot afford it.
Mr Adusah is said to have left the hotel at dawn the next day and asked reception not to disturb his wife. But hotel managers became concerned when the woman still had not left the room and would not respond to knocks on the door. Therefore, hotel porters used a spare key to gain access to the room, where they found a dead body.
A spokesman for Criminal Investigation Department at the police headquarters in Koforidua confirmed the woman’s death and added that Mrs Adusah was ‘found dead in the bath lying prostrate with a white towel wrapped around her, almost in a decomposed state’.
Speaking about the tragedy, Cristine Stephen, a close friend of the family, said:
‘We thought he [Mr Adusah] tried to cut her off from us, that he had brain-washed her. What person declares himself a prophet? Charmain was religious but she wasn’t a pastor.’
Mrs Stephen added that the family wants to go to Ghana and repatriate their daughter’s body but they cannot afford it.
