{"id":155982,"date":"2015-09-30T08:31:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T08:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=155982"},"modified":"2015-09-30T08:52:30","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T08:52:30","slug":"3-die-in-protest-to-banish-fetish-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=155982","title":{"rendered":"3 die in protest to banish fetish priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Three persons have been shot dead in the Akyem-Akooko community of the Eastern Region in a violent clash involving some members of the community and supporters of a fetish priest in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reports say nine other people including three Policemen have been injured from the gunshots fired during the clash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155904 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-2.jpg\" alt=\"akookoo violence (2)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clash started when some members of the Akyem-Akooko\u00a0community protested for the fetish priest, Nana Saka to be banished over claims that he had been murdering people in the area for rituals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155907 \" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-6.jpg\" alt=\"akookoo violence (6)\" width=\"473\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-6.jpg 440w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-6-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demonstrators also burnt some houses and vehicles to express their displeasure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155903 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-1.jpg\" alt=\"akookoo violence (1)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Four arrested<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile the Police have arrested four persons to assist in investigations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-155905 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-3.jpg\" alt=\"akookoo violence (3)\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-3.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/akookoo-violence-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Eastern Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCOP) Mr Akuriba Yaagy has however appealed to the residents to remain calm while investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A similar incident occurred in\u00a0Tuobodom in the Brong Ahafo region when some members\u00a0of an angry mob broke into a police station, dragged a fetish priest who had been incarcerated out and <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/16\/mob-lynches-fetish-priest-in-police-custody\/\" target=\"_blank\">lynched him<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The priest had been arrested after residents in the area accused him of killing one of the members of the community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Source: citifmonline.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three persons have been shot dead in the Akyem-Akooko community of the Eastern Region in a violent clash involving some members of the community and supporters of a fetish priest in the area. Reports say nine other people including three Policemen have been injured from the gunshots fired during the clash. 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