Youth set Ablaze Vehicle of alleged Swindler
A vehicle belonging to the husband of a traditional priestess related to the recent ritual killing of a 10-yr-old was last night set ablaze by some fuming youth of Amanase near Suhum in the Eastern Region.
The youth who accused the man and his accomplices of trying to abduct another kid in the area for money angrily set fire into his Toyota Camry vehicle.
The furious youth who later apprehended the suspects and took them to the chiefs’ palace allegedly pelted stones at the police team deployed to the place.
Reports indicate that the action by the youth ended up damaging the side window glass of vehicle with registration number GP 2867 belonging to the Kibi Police Divisional Patrol.
Some of the residents who spoke to journalists vowed to take the law into their own hands, should the police refuse to man the issue at hand.
“We received information yesterday that, a community member sought the services of a traditional priestess here at Amanase, and he was asked to bring a child to complete the ritual. My brother’s child was targeted to be kidnapped and when we got a hint of it, the family managed to capture the culprit, seized his phone, and rescued the child”, an eyewitness said.
“Later in the evening, the traditional priest called to enquire about what had kept him so long. We got someone to pretend to him, and we lured the traditional priest and his accomplices to the area. Then we apprehended them and took them to the palace and called the police”, he said.
It would be recalled that the youth once attempted to burn down the shrine believed to be for the traditional priestess arrested over the killing of an 11-year-old boy allegedly for a money ritual.
This was their way of expressing their anger at the priestesses who they say has tarnished the image of the community after she was arrested in connection with the suspected ritual killing.
The 10-year-old boy, Ishmael Mensah, was buried yesterday, April 8, 2021, after he was allegedly killed by his two teenage friends at Atia Coca Cola in the Ga South Municipality.
The two teenagers, Felix Nyarko and Nicholas Kini, were earlier arrested by the Kasoa Divisional Police Command following the killing.
