Locals appear to have opted to punish the couple in this manner since their leaked tape harmed the town’s reputable reputation with the flogging video in WA, Ghana now viral
After their sex film was discovered on social media, a young man and lady from Ghana’s Wa town were reportedly tied to two different poles and battered many times. Locals allegedly opted to punish the couple in this manner since their leaked footage harmed the town’s reputation.
Flogging Of Couple Takes Place In Ghana WA After Their Sex Tape Video Is Leaked Online
Two love birds flogged over leaked sex tape at Wa. Is Sharia law being introduced in Ghana? IGP nip this practice in the bud!
Wa Naa Dampare John Boadu E-levy The IGP #1d1f #FixTheCountry pic.twitter.com/GdQgmT0QgI
— Ezequiel 🇬🇭 (@eapasera) June 1, 2022
Ghana Police has nabbed three persons in connection with the flogging of two young lovers captured in the sex tape at Wa.#3NewsGH pic.twitter.com/VUoKnDyf1r
— #[email protected] (@tv3_ghana) June 1, 2022
According to accounts, the event occurred in late May when the couple was bound near Wa Naa’s Palace before being lashed 20 times each. The Wa Naa (King of the Wala people), whose true name is Na Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, sentenced the pair, saying:
“In addition to the flogging, the parents of the boy and girl will agree to allow the two to marry and live together as a pair to act as a deterrence to the young and live upright lives.”
The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) condemned the brutal penalty, saying, “The flogging of young people is ancient, primitive, barbaric, and abhorrent, and the GBA opposes it unequivocally.” Articles 12 (2) and 15 (1) (2) (a) and (b) of the 1992 Constitution are violated by the inhumane conduct.”
The GBA has also reportedly urged that “all those engaged in the physical abuse of the two young persons be arrested, the event be investigated, and the criminals are punished in line with the law.”
Who is arrested?
Three persons have been detained in connection with the crime – “Phone repairer Bushran Khidiri, 32, was arrested for the flogging after reportedly dragging the woman into town.” Issahaku Mahama, 70, and 62-year-old farmer Naa Sidiki Mahama were also detained for their roles in the lash distribution, according to The Daily Star.
The videos of the event have also gone popular on the internet, with many people responding to them. “How on earth can individuals take the law into their own hands and perpetrate such insane atrocity on a lady in the name of religion?” a stunned user tweeted.
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