Over the last five months, ten night security personnel have been reported missing. Three of the missing night security personnel were discovered in shallow graves scattered across the Wa Municipality, their vital organs had been removed.
The latest incident is said to have occurred last week. While it is unclear what the abductors’ motivations are, many believe the men are kidnapped and slaughtered for ritual purposes.
The body of a security guard suspected of being the latest victim was discovered in a shallow grave in Napogbakolee, a Wa suburb in the Upper West Regional.
On September 18, 2022, police exhumed Seidu Dakpuli’s body from a shallow grave containing some of the remains of the 49-year-old.
The matter has attracted national attention. To help manage the situation, 350 police officers were dispatched to the Upper West Region. The police officers have helped to raise visibility in the Wa township. According to Ibrahim Wangara Abubakr, Media General’s Upper West Regional Correspondent. He was interviewed on the Day Break Upper East Show.
Following massive youth protests, Jinpenhi Naa Kadiri Ibrahim, the spokesperson for theOoverlord of the Waala Traditional Area, urged the Upper West Regional Security Council to impose a curfew in Wa and its neighbouring communities in response to rising murder rates in the Municipality.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
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