A group calls Sisters Keepers Association (SKA) has called on the Ghana Police Service to fish out and deal with the mob that attacked and lynched an old woman alleged to be a witch.
According to the Association, its attention was drawn to the despicable video circulating on social media and subsequently aired by some media houses which captured a mob mainly women lynching an old woman believed to be in her late 90’s on suspicion of witchcraft at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah region.
The Association say, it “highly condemns the inhumane treatment meted out to the old woman and therefore call on the necessary law enforcement agencies to as a matter of urgency investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to the book.”
A statement issued by the Sisters Keepers Association and signed by the Head of Communication, Abena Opokua also, court the attention of the public to the fact that many elderly persons suffer Alzheimer’s/Dementia which is a medical condition that must not be misunderstood to be witchcraft.
“Alzheimer’s/Dementia is in a condition among the elderly therefore the need to have enough knowledge about this disease to inform our relationship with them in these times.
Sisters Keepers Association would want to assure the general public that we have taken a keen interest in this issue and will pursue it till the actors involved are brought to book to serve as a deterrent to others. Let’s show more love for the elderly. Old age is not a crime.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Obed Ansah
