63 persons have been arrested by the Bolgatanga Police in connection with the lynching of an alleged witch in Pelungu in the Upper East region.
The 67-year-old widow, Yenboka Kenna, was lynched at the Pelungu market on Monday, May 29, 2017, after she was accused of being a witch.
The 63 were arrested in a swoop by the police on Saturday.
In an interview with the Bolgatanga Police Commander, Supt. Samuel Ponobim said the suspects will go through an identification parade to screen them and get the real persons behind this dastardly act.
“So far we have arrested 63 persons including one female. They are being held for investigations and we’re going to screen them, but for now we are taking their statements. We hope by tomorrow we are going to finish with this. We conducted this swoop because we were told the lynching was done by people living around-those houses around. That is why we conducted this swoop to get to the bottom of the matter. We are hoping that the witness- the adults, they were there, we were not there, so it behoves on them if they could identify the people behind the act.”
The death of the alleged with came days after Major Maxwell Mahama was lynched by the people of Denkyira-Obuasi after he was mistaken for an armed robber.
source: a1radioonline.com/Ghana
