According to reports, two people were lynched at Zakpalsi, an agricultural town in the Mion District of the Northern Region, due to claims of witchcraft.
Imoro Safura, a 40-year-old mother of seven, and Mba Cherefo are alleged to have been blamed for a lady in the community's illness after her family sought the advice of a soothsayer.
Safura was reportedly accosted at her home on Sunday by an angry youngster in the neighborhood. Sensing danger, she reportedly went to the chief's palace to seek sanctuary but was eventually overpowered and killed in the process, according to Graphic Online.
The young man then chased Cherefo, allegedly killing him at his home.
The police have started looking into the situation.
Supposed witches' council
The Alleged Witches Regional Re-integration Committee has denounced The event demanded an immediate investigation to identify the offenders, prosecute them, and provide the victims' families with justice.
Speaking on behalf of the committee, Lamnatu Adams, Executive Director of Songtaba, stated that because the occurrence was clearly a murder, there should be no interference with the police inquiry.
She called on Parliament to swiftly put the anti-witchcraft bill into law in order to make witchcraft allegations and attacks illegal while urging the people to refrain from using the law against accused parties.
Background
In the Northern Region, there are several instances of people being accused of witchcraft, which frequently results in violent attacks against the victims and the burning down of their homes.
Others are occasionally physically assaulted and lynched, but the majority of those accused of being witches are frequently driven from their towns and forced to seek asylum in one of the many witch camps.
Akua Dentah, a 90-year-old lady, was lynched in July 2020 in Kafaba, in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region, on the grounds that she was a witch.
a law against witchcraft
The Anti-Witchcraft Bill, which would make witchcraft and other related acts illegal, is currently being worked on by the Ghanaian Parliament.
In an effort to increase support for the bill's adoption by Parliament, a pre-stakeholder engagement on it began last month in Accra.
The proposed witchcraft The bill bans practicing professional magic or witchcraft, forbids making accusations of witchcraft, forbids taking part in a person's designation as a witch or wizard, and provides punishment for the chief or headman who encouraged witchcraft.
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