Residents of Low Cost, a suburb of Dormaa-Ahenkro, woke up to an unusual spectacle- three video decks stolen from a resident's room the previous Friday had been returned and placed at same spot and manner they were before the theft.
But this did not just happen as the source of the mystery was traced to a young farmer identified only as Bra Kofi who was seen performing some rituals the evening after the theft with an egg and a needle.
On-lookers said they heard the young farmer reciting multi-lingual incantations after which he assured the owner of the stolen items that his
request to the gods had been accepted and that the thief would return the decks within three days.
In an interview with GNA, the landlord, Mr. Owusu Sekyere, who is the Municipal Social Welfare Officer, said Bra Kofi used to stay with him and worked on his (landlord's) farms at Taforo, a nearby farming community.
He said on Friday, July 23, while he and his wife were out and about, a thief broke into their room and made away with his three video decks valued at GHC320.00 and some tubers of yam his wife had kept to be sold adding, the thief, ostensibly a cigarette smoker, also left an empty cigarette packet in the room.
"Then at dawn, a day after the young man had performed the rituals, the thief clandestinely brought back the three video decks, and placed beside them a stick of cigarette, a wrapper which contained leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp and the pair of sandals he wore to the house", the landlord added.
Asked how he did it, Bra Kofi jokingly answered: "It is a gift from God" adding, the thief would have remained in the house for all to come and see if he had attempted to walk away in his pair of sandals.