A 21-year-old fetish priest who doubles as a taxi driver has been lynched at Saltpond near the Anglican Basic School in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region.
Information gathered indicates that the suspect, Okomfo Michael, on Monday evening allegedly went for a robbery operation, but luck eluded him.
He was caught and subjected to severe beatings, which resulted in death.
Inspection of his lifeless body revealed both legs and hands tied with a rope, his upper lip was chopped off, and his head cut multiple times.
According to residents in the area, they knew the fetish priest as a thief on the police wanted list for stealing mobile phones, and farm produce on many occasions in the community and elsewhere.
The deceased left behind two children.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Saltpond Government Hospital morgue.
Cases of lynching have become characteristic in most communities in the country.
The timely intervention of the police from Assin Fosu and Assin Praso in the Central North Region prevented mob justice against two people at Dansame and Adiembra, respectively.
The angry youth, about 300, attacked the two helpless-looking men in different locations on Sunday, July 16, 2023, in the morning over suspicion of being behind human rituals and killing that has increased in the area despite police visibility.
