Irate Kwapong Youth Retrieves Suspect From Police Grips And Lynches Him: Police Runs Away From The Town

The breakdown of the rule of law in Ghana continues unnoticed, because in some instances we like the outcome. But if after all these micro cases a macro one hits us all in the face everyone would bend over backwards to show their surprise at how it all came out of the blue.

We like to scream about Ghana’s democratic credentials, but whenever something happens the populace does not like, they take the law into their own hands. That is what happened to the unfortunate gentleman in Nima, that’s what has been happening in Tuobodom and some of our Senior High Schools, and now that is what has happened in Kwapong.

Graphic Online reports that:

“A misunderstanding that ensued between a traditional priest (spiritualist) and a commercial motorcycle rider at Kwapong in the Asunafo South District in the Brong Ahafo Region has resulted in the death of three persons, while the local police station has been vandalised.

The deceased have been identified as Efo Kojo, the fetish priest; Frimpong Donkor, the commercial motorcycle rider, and Kwadwo Wiafe, alleged to have been killed by a stray bullet fired by the police last Friday night to disperse a crowd.

An eyewitness told the Daily Graphic that Efo Kojo engaged Donkor to use his motorcycle to cart Efo’s goods, but after the job had been done, there was a misunderstanding between the two on the payment of the agreed fee.

In the ensuing argument, Efo is alleged to have stabbed Donkor to death, after which he was arrested and detained at the local police station.

Incensed by Donkor’s murder, the youth of the town stormed the police station and demanded Efo’s release for them to deal with him.

When the police refused to accede to their demands, the youth forcibly entered the police station, vandalised the place before taking Efo out of the cell, lynched him and thereafter burnt his body.

The eyewitness said the police responded to the action of the youth with warning shots, one of which strayed and killed Wiafe, who was standing about 50 metres away from the scene of the incident, while another shot injured Kabore, alleged to be part of the youth who vandalised the police station.

The Brong Ahafo Regional Police Crime Officer, Superintendent Alhaji Mahama Arhin, told the Daily Graphic that Kabore had been arrested.

Supt Arhin said while the Kwapong Police had run away from the town, a police reinforcement had been sent to Kwapong from Goaso to maintain law and order, adding that the town was currently calm, with people going about their normal duties.”