The suspects were before the Tamale High Court for their trial in the murder which happened in July 2020.

The prosecution, led by state Attorney Francis Asobayire, Gertrude Gesuah Johnson Assistant State Attorney, and Francis Gyimah says the Kafaba case has not seen a conclusion as many thought.

Attorney Francis Asobayire in an interview with Adom News says an application for bail has been made by counsel for the accused at the last adjourned date in February 2021.

The application prayed the court for bail on the grounds that the 1st accused, Hajia Serina, is pregnant.

The prosecution in opposition to this application argued that the accused did not show any medical record of the pregnancy as alleged by the counsel for the accused.

The court, after listening to both sides made an order for a pregnancy test to be carried out on the 1st accused, Serina.

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The case has been adjourned to 29 and 30th of March for continuation as both still plead not guilty to the offense.

However, State Attorney Francis Asobayire has said that copies of a videotape intended to be used at the trial ought to be disclosed as it has been done today in the court, giving prospects to the case.

The two suspects, Hajia Serina and Latifa Bumaya have, however, been remanded in prison custody in Tamale.

The traditional priestess, having been arraigned on Wednesday morning, without remorse asserted that the death of the 90-year-old was only an accident.

Asked if she wanted to carry on with her work as a traditional priestess, she responded in the affirmative and even offered to help the judge get healed should he suffer a health misfortune such as blindness to the laughter of those present in court.

“She was very cool,” says one reporter who covered the short court proceedings. The court after brief exchanges remanded the traditional priestess to re-appear on August 20.

On July 23, the 90-year-old was seen being slapped, kicked and caned after the traditional priestess accused her of being a witch.

The severe beating the woman was subjected to by her accuser and two other women resulted in her death.

After the video went viral, there was massive outrage with many demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of all the perpetrators.

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From the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, to various civil society groups, the security services have been urged to fish out the culprits who went into hiding after the act.

On Monday, the first key suspect in the lynching was arrested and remanded by the Bole Magistrate Court. 

Latifa Bumaye, 25, was smoked out of her hideout at Kejewu Botor, a suburb of the East Gonja Municipality, following continuous surveillance by the Homicide Unit of the Ghana Police Service.

The traditional priestess was arrested on Tuesday and put before court on Wednesday.

It has emerged that Latifah Bumaye, the woman who was arrested on Friday morning, is the granddaughter of the late 90-year-old Akua Denteh.

Her relation to the late Denteh has been confirmed by the Salaga Divisional Police Headquarters in the Savannah Region.

Admitting to police officers of being involved in the lynching of her grandmother, Madam Bumaye, however, noted that she had been placed under a spell by the witch-doctor, the reason why she helped in killing her own grandmother.

She said she had no knowledge of what she was doing until the aftermath of the death of her grandmother.

“I didn’t know what I was doing, it was after I had helped kill her that I saw myself beating my grandmother in a video on TV3 [sic],” she said.

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The late Denteh was accused of being a witch by a witch doctor and was subsequently lynched by some persons in the community.

Since her murder, the Savannah Regional Police Command has been on a hunt for those who perpetuated the inhumane act.

Six persons – including suspect Bumaye – have so far been arrested in connection with the lynching of Madam Denteh.

According to information gathered by Adomonline.com, Latifah Bumaye aged 33, was arrested in the early morning of Friday, July 31.

Bumaye is believed to be the lady seen using a horsewhip on the late Denteh, in the widely circulated video which showed the gruesome murder of the 90-year-old woman.

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Madam Denteh was falsely accused of being a witch by a witch doctor and was subsequently lynched by some persons in the community.

Since her murder, the Savannah Regional Police Command has been on a hunt for those who perpetuated the inhumane act.

She and some others have been in hiding till her arrest this morning at Kejewu Bator, a fishing community in the Savannah Region by the Salaga Divisional Police Headquarters.