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Woman, Son Arrested Over Killing Of Farmer

Woman, Son Arrested Over Killing Of Farmer

A 57-year-old woman, Akua Kesewaa, and her 26-year-old son, Emmanuel Aboagye, are being investigated by the Oda Police for the lynching of a 56-year-old farmer at Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region. Confirming the incident to the Daily Graphic at Oda last Tuesday, the Oda Municipal Police Commander, Chief Superintendent Daniel Amoako, said around 12.30 p.m. on October 12, 2023, Kesewaa returned home from a one-week observance of a deceased person at Manso to find a relative of hers, Kwame Poakwa, who had quit the family house for about 10 years and rented his room to someone, splashing water in…
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S/R: Woman Escapes Lynching Over Witchcraft Allegations

S/R: Woman Escapes Lynching Over Witchcraft Allegations

S/R: Woman Escapes Lynching Over Witchcraft Allegations A woman believed to be in her late 50’s was nearly lynched by some angry youth who alleged she is a witch. Meiri Ibrahim was attacked in her house around 10:00 pm Saturday, August 29 by machete-wielding young men at Sumpini in the West Gonja District of the Savannah region.   Narrating her ordeal in Gonja, Madam Meiri said, the youth accused her of being behind the death of a young man in the community. According to her, she pleaded with her assailants but to no avail; they went ahead to attack her,…
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