Police Arrest Five over Lynching of 90-year-old woman at Kafaba

The five arrested have been handed over to the CID at Damango

Police Arrest Five over Lynching of 90-year-old woman at Kafaba

Police have arrested five suspects in connection to the lynching of Akua Denteh, a 90-year-old woman, who was accused of being a witch at Kafaba in the Savannah Region.

The suspects – arrested by the Homicide expert team dispatched from Accra - were handed over to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Savannah Regional Police Command at Damongo.

The five are expected to be arraigned within the week.

 

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Earlier this week, the Savannah Regional Police Command arrested the chief of Kafaba, Zackaria Yahaya, over the lynching.

Police Commander for the Savannah Region, DCOP Enoch Adetwum Bediako, confirmed the arrest to journalists.

 “With the arrest of the Chief, I know he will assist us in arresting the rest of the suspects,” the police boss noted.

The main suspects following the lynching appear to be a traditional priestess, who is purported to have accused Akua Denteh as a witch and led the lynching, and two others.

Aside the main suspects in the lynching, the victim’s family maintained that the chief had some knowledge of the activities of the woman who singled Akua Denteh out with the witchcraft claims.

The police put up a bounty of GHS2,000 for information leading to the arrest of the perpetrators.