A middle-aged man accused of being a wizard, narrowly escaped demise in Nyambong, Oti Area, after being assaulted by residents who believed he used his non secular powers to kill the chief’s son.
The chief’s son died in a motorcycle accident whereas getting back from Shiare, a neighbouring city.
Nevertheless, the neighborhood blamed the person for the unlucky incident.
Based on the assemblyman for the Nyambong Electoral Space, Christian Kwaku Ndenke, the person was pressured to confess to utilizing his non secular powers to kill the chief’s son however he vehemently denied the act.
“The person was compelled to confess to the crime, however he denied it, resulting in the assault.”
Subsequently, the state of affairs escalated, and the person fled to the subsequent city.
Police have been known as to revive calm, however no arrests have been made.
“It’s unlucky that the neighborhood resorted to violence as a substitute of permitting the regulation to take its course,” Mr. Ndenke stated.
This incident comes after a 92-year-old man was virtually lynched by some residents of Kalabule within the Ga South Municipality over related accusations.
The person, recognized as John Quaye, was found in a bush alongside the Densu River in the neighborhood by some residents a day after he went lacking from residence.
The residents, who didn’t know his id assumed he was a wizard who fell from a nocturnal ‘flight’ into the bush because of his fragile and unkempt look.
Based on experiences, his incoherent solutions to their questions and failure to speak correctly additional heightened the residents’ suspicion.
Nevertheless, an try to lynch him was thwarted by the well timed intervention of the Ghana Police Service.
Based on his household, the 92-year-old is a retired cocoa farmer who’s affected by dementia related to previous age.