Two men have been captured on video being whipped for allegedly stealing a fowl.
The men were made to lie prostrate on a bench while two men, one wielding a piece of wood and the other a cane, flogged their buttocks as punishment for the alleged offence as others looked on.
The first victim is heard in the video pleading for mercy while screaming in pain, saying: “I didn’t know he stole it. He said he brought it from home.” His punisher is heard asking him if the other alleged thief reared fowls in his home.
The second victim’s hands and legs were held by a group of guys as he couldn’t contain the pain from being whipped and kept falling off the bench.
This comes only a few weeks after a lady, alleged to have stolen an item at Kejetia in Kumasi, was caught, stripped naked and brutally assaulted by a mob.
The police administration, following the incident in the Garden City, warned that it would arrest and prosecute members of the public who subject suspected criminals to instant justice.
Source: Classfmonline
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The bible says ''spare the rod, spoil the child. This human right stuff is spoiling the youth of today. They r being lashed at the buttocks, a part of their bodies which wont kill them and is far better than stoning or setting them ablaze. If they'r bn detained and sentenced, they'r only going to be a burden on our government. Some years back, we had a group called militia, they move from one house to the other and their work was to put stubborn children on table and give them serious lashes at their back for every crime comitted against parents or society. Parents will bring out their children and make the complaint themselves. At the mention of militia, children obeys every word of their parents. Oh mine, at the mention of town counsil, people start sweeping their compounds.Cos if u r found culpable, u'll be prosecutd. But bcos of human rights, society has rotten to the core. See how we r being swallowed by filth. Children commiting crimes beyond imagination ah. GOD HAVE MERCY.
Should be arrested! Rule of law. Democracy must work under Akuffo Addo's watch & NDC as well.
Where are the human rights lawyers? They only seem to be concerned when the victim is female. And this is why the problem of mob justice will never be solved