C/R: Man allegedly stoned to death for stealing plantain at Mankessim
A 30-year-old man known only as Caleb, has been allegedly stoned to death at Mankessim in the Mfantseman Municipality of Central Region.
The man’s body was found tied to a palm tree with a bunch of plantains beside it.
There were also stones, sticks, cudgels, blocks and other crude weapons scattered around the body.
The weapons were suspected to have been used to lynch him.
The man is reported to have left home on Friday, 6 May 2022 and never returned.
The assembly member and youth of the community, together with the man’s family, therefore, mounted a search for him only to find his body tethered to a palm tree on Saturday, 7 May 2022.
The body was badly bruised.
Confirming the incident, the assemblyman for the area, Mr Cephas Arthur, told Class91.3FM’s Central regional correspondent, Nana Tawiah that the man was the third to have been found dead in the community within a week.
The assembly member, who bemoaned the upsurge in lynching cases linked to theft, indicated that the deceased used to work at a supermarket at Mankessim.
He, however, suspected that he could have been intentionally murdered for some other reason and made to look as if he was lynched for theft.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the Saltpond Government hospital morgue for preservation and autopsy.
Source: classfmonline.com/Elikem Adiku
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