From Della Russel Ocloo, Tema
The 25-year-old single mother, Ms Deborah Adumuah, who recently rescued a 72-year-old woman, Ama Hemmah, after she was set ablaze at Tema Community One in an attempt to extract confessions of witchcraft from her, has vowed that she would pursue the case until justice is sought for the deceased.
Although the woman died later at the Tema General Hospital from severe burns 24 hours after she was rescued, Ms Adumuah continues to make follow ups at the Community One police station to see how far investigations have gone.
Ms Adumuah, who operates a mini container shop at Site 10, a suburb of Community One, told The Mirror that she felt traumatised by the incident and still cannot come to terms on why anybody would go to the extent of setting a fellow being ablaze on mere suspicion.
According to her, although she has heard numerous stories about witchcraft, witches and their activities, the inhuman treatment meted out to late Ama Hemmah was something that still beats her.
Describing the condition in which Madam Hemmah was rescued, she indicated that her entire skin peeled off as a result of the severe burns.
“I was in tears as she wailed uncontrollably at the Tema General Hospital when nurses attempted peeling of the remains of her burnt clothing on her body,” Ms Adumuah said.
While commending the Tema Community One police for swiftly responding to the distress call by arresting and putting the suspects before court, she is still imploring the Ministry of Women and Children’s Affairs and stakeholder institutions working to protect the rights of women and children to ensure that justice is brought to the door steps of the deceased.
“I also believe provisions and sanctions in the Domestic Violence Act ought to be refined to ensure that stiffer punishments are given to perpetrators of violence of all sorts,” she added.
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