Residents of Wassa Saaamang in the
Wasa Amenfi East district of the Western Region have been left in a state of
shock after a thirty-year-old woman’s corpse was exhumed, raped and left at the
cemetery on Thursday, February 1, 2018.
The late Maame Adwoa's (who was
buried three weeks ago) body was found near her grave with cloth covering her
private part removed and exposed, raising suspicion of been raped by the
culprit(s).
Recounting the incident to Otec
News’ Francis Appiah, an eyewitness said a week after the corpse burial, a lady
in search of firewood at Wassa Saamang cemetery, returned to inform the
deceased family of the exhumation of the corpse, but the family turned deaf
ears to the information.
Narrating the incident, the
eyewitness said three weeks after Maadwoa’s burial, youth in the community led
by the 'Asafoankye' went to the cemetery to dig a grave for a corpse to be
buried, one of them, believed to be Maadwoa’s family member, chanced upon the
exhumed corpse and immediately informed the family.
“When the family came to the
cemetery, they identified the body as Maadwoa and they all ‘explode’ into
uncontrollable tears. They left the corpse and immediately informed the chiefs
of the community”, he continued.
A family source indicated that the
exhumed corpse has been raped by the unknown assailants because footprints were
found around the body and her legs wide opened, suspecting sexual intercourse
between the assailants and the dead body.
“When we were burying Maadwoa, we
covered all her body except the head, so it’s strange that the cloth covering
her private part has been removed and her legs wide opened,” a family member
said.
The exhumed body has since been
reburied, after the chief of the community performed the necessary rites.
Source: otecfmghana.com
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