Residents of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis are being asked to be wary of false pastors who have invaded the metropolis and making huge sums of money from unsuspecting women who call on them for spiritual solu­tions to their problems. The pastors who claim to possess miraculous powers, get their victim through local FM stations or through friends. Madam Adjoa Amoaba, a resident of the metropolis and trader who sounded the warning through the Spectator, was a victim to one of these false pastors. The unsuspecting fortune seekers are made to pay between GH¢5.00 and GH¢50.00 as registration fee before they are allowed to see the pastor for any 'spiritual directive'. Aside the normal collection in church, the pastors are reported to be selling "blessed oranges, anointing oil and a special pomade" believed to be capable of driving away evil spirits. They are sold for GH¢15.00 each to the clients. The pastors who promise to help their clients conceive, ob­tain jobs, husbands, wives, success in their businesses, travel abroad and make the poor to become rich, also extort huge sums of money from them. The Spectator investigations revealed that these "dubious pastors" are located at Inchaban, Ketan, Diabem'e, Anaji Namibia, I. Adu, Airport Ridge and some other parts of Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. Miss Janet Asamoah, a resident of Takoradi who said she needed a child, heard about the testimony of one of the pastors on the local FM station and decided to go and seek assistance from him. Miss Asamoah said when she got there she was told that if she wanted to see the priest for spiritual directives, she should speak all her problems to a GH¢50 note and put it into a bowl placed in front of the church house. She complied and joined a queue to see the pastor. When she eventually entered, the pastor was with a big Bible, a cross and some anointing oil. Miss Asamoah said she told him she had been looking for a child for several years without success. The priest prayed with her and demanded GH¢150 which she paid instantly. Miss Asamoah said "the pastor collected her phone number and barely one week later, he further requested for 15 bags of cement from her which he claimed would enable him to perform some rituals on her. When I told my husband, he became annoyed and asked me not to go there again." Miss Asamoah alleged that after the spiritual directives, the pastor would warn you not to disclose whatever took place dur­ing the consultation else the person will either go mad or become useless in life. Madam Adjoa Amoaba, a trader at Takoradi also told the Spec­tator that her six-year-old girl was sick for sometime and a friend directed her to a priest at Anaji Namibia. She said when she went there and wanted to see the priest, she was made to put GH¢50 into a bowl which she did. Madam Amoaba alleged that during the consultation, the pas­tor told her that witches had bought her daughter in spirit together with all her dresses. After praying for the child, he asked her to pay GH¢300 to enable him to perform some rituals to save tHe life of her child. He also directed her to bring all the dresses of her child. The next day she sent the GH¢300 together with her child's dresses to him. He burnt all the dresses and told her that her child has been saved from the powers of the witches. She said in tears that three weeks later her daughter died and up till date, the pastor has not bothered to ask about the condition of her child. Madam Amoab.a warned people in the metropolis to be wary of false pastors who have invaded the Twin City and duping innocent residents. Source: The Spectator