WHEN Madam Adwoa Tawiah of Sefwi-Bekwai became bedridden after a prolonged illness, her daily prayer was for a saviour to heal and free her from her predicament.

So when a friend mentioned Osofo Kwame Benie of the United Twelve Apostles Church at Sefwi-Bekwai as the solution to her problem, Madam Tawiah thanked God for answering her prayers. Little did she know that she was going to have a date with the devil incarnate.

Osofo Benie and three other suspects did not only administer concoctions into the sexual organ of the sick woman, but they allegedly also took turns to sexually assault her. For their strange mode of healing, Osofo Benie, Kwame Gordon, Kwame Yaw and Atta Brimah are in police custody at Sefwi-Bekwai. They would be arrainged before court at Bibiani pending further advice from the Attorney-General?s office on provisional charges of abetment of rape and causing harm.

The District Superintendent of Police, Mr A. M. Sumaila, told The Mirror that on June 9, the victim, Madam Adwoa Tawiah, who was plagued with a prolonged sickness, consulted Osofo Benie for prayers and treatment.

He said Osofo Benie agreed to heal her after demanding his treatment fees. He said during one of such treatment sessions, Osofo Benie inserted some concoctions into Madam Tawiah?s private part and when she became dazed and unconscious, he sexually assaulted her and later invited the other three suspects to also rape her.

According to Superintendent Sumaila, when Madam Tawiah later regained consciousness she reported the incident to the police who later caused the arrest of the suspects.

He said when a form was issued to Madam Tawiah for medical examination the result confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted. The police have since arrested Osofo Benie and the three suspects.