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SHS Students Arrested For Lynching Spiritualist Over Theft Accusation At Twifo Praso
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SHS Students Arrested For Lynching Spiritualist Over Theft Accusation At Twifo Praso

by  Delali Adogla-Bessa 2 min read
  • Two Twifo Praso Senior High School students have been arrested over the death of a spiritualist
  • The spiritualist had accused one of them of stealing a phone from a fellow student
  • The incident caused tensions in the Twifo Praso community, but Ghana Police Service personnel calmed the situation

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Two students have been arrested after allegedly instigating the lynching of a spiritualist who had accused one of them of stealing a phone.

The two students are from the Twifo Praso Senior High School in the Central Region, where the incident occurred.

Twifo Praso SHS Students Arrested Over Death Of Spirtualist
The students' alleged actions are causing tensions in the Twifo Praso community.
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Graphic Online reported that they have been arrested over the August 21 incident, which led to the death of the victim, identified as Abdul Latif.

Latif accused one of them of stealing a fellow student's phone after some students sought spiritual help to find a missing phone.

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After the accusation, one of the two arrested students mobilised 10 boys and led the fatal attack on Latif. The students subsequently hid the deceased in a bush and covered him with weeds.

The incident sparked outrage among some youth in Twifo Praso, who planned to storm the school campus for a revenge attack. However, police intervened to calm the situation.

Reports indicated that the spiritualist had been attacked two times prior.

Recent unrest involving SHS students

Senior high school students have been involved in similar violent incidents in recent times.

A student of the Paga Senior High School narrowly escaped being lynched after being accused of theft in June.

Also, a clash erupted at Assin Nsuta Agricultural Senior High School in the Central Region, leaving multiple students injured. Video showed students wielding clubs and knives during the chaos.

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Chief saves man from lynching

YEN.com.gh reported that the Paramount Chief of Bole Traditional Area banished a man for sleeping with several married women.

Residents of Bole had initially tried to lynch the man after he was caught in the act of sleeping with a married woman.

A statement from the chief explained that the so-called womaniser was banished to ensure his safety.

Proofread by Edwina N.K Quarcoo, journalist and copy editor at YEN.com.gh.

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Delali Adogla-Bessa (Current Affairs Editor) Delali Adogla-Bessa is a Current Affairs Editor with YEN.com.gh. Delali previously worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and has over seven years of experience in media, primarily with Citi FM, Equal Times, Ubuntu Times. Delali also volunteers with the Ghana Institute of Language Literacy and Bible Translation, where he documents efforts to preserve local languages. He graduated from the University of Ghana in 2014 with a BA in Information Studies. Email: delali.adogla-bessa@yen.com.gh.

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