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Traditional Council to pacify gods over Dompoase deadly crash [audio]

Gertrude Okyere — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:43:52 +0000

The Traditional Council of Dompoase in the Central region has revealed plans to perform rites to pacify the gods over the Elmina-Komenda highway accident.

The Chief of Dompoase, Nana Ndukwao V, believes the crash which claimed about 34 lives would put the name of the town in bad light, hence the need to act to prevent a re-occurrence.

“The elders will meet on Friday to discuss when we can do this pacification to appease the gods because this is a tragedy that should never happen again and to ensure a peaceful repose of the souls of the victims,” he said.

Speaking in an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Wednesday, Nana Ndukwao, who described the incident as unfortunate, blamed it on human factor.

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According to him, if the drivers were cautious, the situation could have been averted or the impact would have been less.

Thirty-four people died while several others got injured on Tuesday dawn after an intercity bus with registration number GR 5704-18 collided head-on with another bus with registration number GN 3780-10 at Dompoase near Elmina in the Central region.

The crash occurred when a vehicle moving from Accra towards Takoradi attempted to overtake a vehicle ahead in a sharp curve and collided with an oncoming vehicle from Takoradi to Accra.

The bodies of the deceased persons have been sent to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital with the injured also receiving treatment.

Photos: Brothers’ war over family god leaves one dead, another battles for life

Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 09:53:40 +0000

A 25-year-old-man who has only been identified as Agbomor has butchered his brother at Adansi Brekete in the Ashanti region.

The deceased, whose name is unknown was said to have incurred the wrath of Agbomor, when he tried to prevent him from setting a family god ablaze.

He died instantly whiles another brother he attacked in the process, suffered from serious cutlass wounds and is currently battling for his life at the New Edubease Government Hospital where he is receiving treatment.

The suspect, who took to his heels after committing the crime, has since been arrested by the New Edubease police command.

The police are tight-lipped on the matter with the explanation that a full-scale investigation is still ongoing.

According to preliminary checks by Adom News, the suspect threatened to set a family god, which has been there for decades, ablaze.

Family members including parents and grandparents of the suspect who was at home at the time of the incident, fled for their lives after the suspect threatened to kill anybody who prevented him from burning the gods.

The victims who were not at home at the beginning of the incident returned to see the gods on fire.

They questioned Agbomor as to why he was burning the gods which have been the Pillar of the family for many years.

After few minutes of serious confrontation among the three family members, Agbomor inflicted Cutlass wounds on them killing one instantly whilst the other one had serious injuries.

Investigations into the matter are continuing by New Edubease police.

River gods forbid girls from school

Dorcas Abedu-Kennedy — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 08:54:58 +0000

Girls in communities in the Upper Denkyira East municipality in the Central Region who travel across the Offin River to attend school on the other side of the river are forbidden to cross the river on Tuesdays.
They are also not allowed to cross the river when they are in their menses.
River gods
The order, supposed to be from the river gods, is adversely affecting the performance of girls in the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the region.
The Upper Denkyira East Amoafo Circuit Supervisor of Education, Mr Prince Evans Acquah, made this known at a meeting of heads of junior high schools in the Central Region in Cape Coast yesterday.
Educational Foundation
Mr Acquah sought to know what the educational authority and the Central Regional Coordinating Council (CRCC) were doing to solve the problem.
The meeting, held by the CRCC, was to coordinate and evaluate the performance of schools in the region and analyse the problems leading to the decline in education in the region, with a view to finding solutions to them.
Boundary
The River Offin serves as a boundary between the Ashanti and the Central regions and many children from the Ashanti Region, especially those in the settler communities, cross the river to attend school at Kyekyewere in the Central Region.
The tradition that debars girls from crossing the river has been reinforced by the fact that accidents occurred in the past involving women who tried to defy the river god.
In 2004, hundreds of women voters in villages beyond the Offin River in the Upper Denkyira Constituency could not take part in the by-election because of the taboo that bars women from crossing the river on Tuesdays.
The by-election was to replace Mr Charles Omar Nyanor, the Member of Parliament, who died in April 2004.
Educational development
“There are a lot of issues impeding the development of education in the region. But what is worrying to me is the fact that girls in the settler communities, on the orders of the gods, are not allowed to cross the river on Tuesdays. They are also forbidden to cross the river when they are in their menses,” Mr Acquah said.
Girls’ education
The order of the gods means that many girls skip classes on several days in the month, through no fault of theirs but because they respect the traditions of their communities.
Reacting to the concerns, the Central Regional Minister, Mr Kwamena Duncan, said he would liaise with the district chief executive for the area to explore the possibility of constructing classroom blocks in the settler communities on the other side of the River Offin to avoid conflict with the traditional authorities.
Source: Daily Graphic