Kafaba turns Ghost Town as homicide experts hunt for killers of 90-year-old woman

Kafaba, a community in the Savannah Region where a 90-year-old woman was killed over witchcraft claims, has reportedly been deserted as Police Homicide experts arrive in search of culprits.

Residents are said to have fled out of fear that they might arrested in connection to the crime.

“The community was very quiet when we visited, it appears people after getting a hint of possible arrest have run away”, said a spokesperson for the Gonjaland Youth Association, Borejinkpr Mufti Habibu Muftawu

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Yesterday, a team of crime experts from the National Police headquarters were deployed to Kafaba to hunt down the perpetrators involved in the gruesome killing of a 90-year-old woman.

A statement from the Ghana Police Service indicated that “the Inspector General of Police on [Saturday] 25th July 2020 dispatched homicide experts from the national police headquarters to the Savannah Region to help search for the murderers of Madam Akua Denteh, aged 90 years who was beaten to death at Kafaba … for allegedly being a witch.”

According to the statement, the suspects who have absconded “include one Sanjo, who is said to have hosted Hajia Filipina, a priestess who declared the deceased a witch. Others are the priestess, one Teacher Aliu, Bumaye, Ashley, and Manafo”.

The police have placed a bounty of GHS2,000 for anyone who finds these perpetrators.

So far the police have been engaging persons of interest including the chief of Kafaba and some Assembly members who have been aiding investigations

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