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Eliminate bad cultural practices – NCC
The National Commission on Culture (NCC) has admonished traditional leaders to take steps at ending bad cultural practices in communities.
It has warned the general public to refrain from the habit of labelling the elderly as witches without any shred of empirical evidence.
Madam Janet Edna Nyame, Executive Director NCC, in a statement, condemning the inhumane act meted out to the 90-year old grandmother, Madam Akua Denteh, urged the police and the judiciary to provide justice.
“We are happy the so-called priestess at the centre of this criminal act has been arrested by the police while other accomplices have surrendered to the law. It is our hope that justice will be served expeditiously. This barbaric and dastardly act should not happen to anyone,” she said.
The commission further advised pastors and soothsayers not to “stand on unrealistic circumstance and unsubstantiated allegations to label people especially the aged as witches or wizards.”
“Old age has no relationship with witchcraft; if, indeed, it exists. We must rid ourselves of this misconception that compels some individuals to neglect the aged. Old age is not a curse but a blessing,” Madam Nyame added.
She noted that the aged must be allowed to depart the earth “in a peaceful manner” not under “traumatic and gruesome situations,” emphasising that “our rich traditions frown upon instant and mob injustice.”
By Spectator Reporter
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
