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Ghana�s sensational fetish priest, Nana Kwaku Bonsam, is suffering a broken heart over misunderstandings with the love of his life, Gertrude, a pretty-faced London-based Ghanaian studying at the University of Greenwich. News-One sources said Bonsam and Gertrude had dated for well over a year now and the lady had given him the option of either taking her to the altar this year or forever hold his peace. Reports said Bonsam and Gertrude were expected to exchange marriage vows by October last year but the fetish priest postponed the marriage ceremony to an indefinite date, citing spiritual reasons. During his recent trip to Amsterdam, he was said to have dashed to London to see the lady and again found an excuse why he could not sign his marriage contract with her right there in London. Gertrude is reported to have become impatient and consulted a few elders to implore Bonsam to marry hr if he really loved her, as the postponement was making her nervous. Gertrude and Bonsam are reported to be head-over-heels in love and can hardly spend a day without talking on phone, though they stay millions of miles apart. Bonsam�s inability to settle on the exact time of their marriage is what has created a misunderstanding in their otherwise perfect love life. Gertrude, aka Trudie, News-One gathered, is an Ashanti who was born in Ghana but grew up in London and has lived there her entire life. Sometime last year, Gertrude was at Bonsam�s Sarpeiman shrine in Accra and News-One succeeded in getting a few comments from her concerning her relationship with the fetish priest. �Well it is a matter of love and understanding. I am very impressed at what he is doing and since we understand each other and have fallen in love, getting married should not be a problem. �That is why I came down to see things for myself and I am proud to tell you that yes I shall get married to Kwaku Bonsam soon,� she told News-One in a flawless London accent. She sounded very learned, intelligent, humble and had the type of physical beauty not common among the wives of fetish priests. Bonsam, on his part, spoke in Twi: �Marriage is a good thing and every man that finds a good wife has found a good thing. I have suggested we do both the traditional marriage as well as the church (ordinance) one.� Not too long ago, Nana Kwaku Bonsam divorced his youngest and second wife. The fetish priest and the woman, whose name as simply given as Maame, were said to have two children but their marriage of many years hit the rocks. The lady had to pack bag and baggage and leave her matrimonial home to her father�s house.