Amnesty International has taken interest in the case of the 90-year-old woman that was lynched over allegations of witchcraft at Kafaba in the East Gonja Municipality of the Savannah Region.
The family of Madam Akua Denteh, which had gathered to perform the 3-day Muslim prayer of Madam Akua Denteh today 27th July, 2020 at Salaga, welcomed the representative of Amnesty International led by the country director.
Amnesty International sought permission from the family to work towards achieving justice for Madam Akua Denteh.
The family was delighted and have given Amnesty International permission to pursue the matter to its logical conclusion.
Akua Denteh had been accused of witchcraft by a soothsayer who is wanted by police, alongside two others.
Experts from the National Police headquarters have been deployed to the Savannah Region to hunt down the perpetrators of the incident.
A team of crime experts from the National Police headquarters has been deployed to the Savannah Region town of Kafaba to hunt down the perpetrators involved in the gruesome killing of a 90-year-old woman.
The police have placed a bounty of GHS2,000 on the perpetrators.
The incident was captured on camera and went viral.
