The Member of Parliament for Nabdam Constituency in the Upper East Region, Mark Nawarni, has called on the Police to thoroughly investigate and bring to book persons who lynched and killed an alleged witch at Pelungu.
He said there is enough evidence for the police to identify, arrest and prosecute the wrongdoers.
“Some people took the suspected witch to the Chief’s palace and it wasn’t that dark so we would see the ring leaders. We also know that other chiefs had released the old lady….All that took place and there are enough witnesses. If the police are serious, they can get information to the right people,” he told .
Mark Nawarni said despite verbal complaints to various authorities including the Deputy Regional Minister, no urgent action has been taken to serve justice to the woman.
The deceased, Yenboka Kenna, aged 67, was killed at the Pelungu market in the Nabdam District by an angry mob that accused her of bewitching people in the area, a common trend in that part of the country.
Her family has partly blamed the Pelungu Chief for the death.
According to an elder of the family, Tibil Nyaabil, this murder would have been prevented if the chief of Pelungu, Naab Sierig Sore Sobil (IV) had accommodated her in his palace until the mob had dispersed.
“The deceased (Yenboka Kenna) came from church on Sunday and left for Pelungu market and was accused of being a witch by some youth, who later took her to the chief of Pelungu. At the chief’s palace, the chief Naab Sierig Sobil IV could not establish any evidence of witchcraft and advised that she should be taken home.”
“…So the accused woman was released to us (family members) and in the process of taking her home, the angry youth attacked us so we had to run for our lives and they beat her to death at the Pelungu market. so the next morning(Monday), we went and saw her dead and reported to the Nabdam police who later released the body to the husband’s family of the deceased in Sakote for burial” Mr. Tibil stated.
The MP, Mark Nawarni, is unhappy the police permitted the burial of the deceased when it hadn’t conducted a postmortem that could assist it in investigations.
Three persons who were arrested in connection with the barbaric act have subsequently been released on bail by the police, who cited lack of evidence as a reason for temporarily setting them free.
The legislator, however said he intends to formally petition the Inspector General of Police, David Asante Appeatu, to help arrest the perpetrators of the crime.
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