Ho Christian Women Intercessors Fellowship (HCWIF) has condemned the recent action of the chief of Likpe-Abrani, Pius Clemefi, who ordered the stripping naked and banishment of a woman from the town.
The fellowship called on all stakeholders seeking to protect the rights of women to join in its condemnation of the grievous act.
A statement signed on behalf of the group by Rev. Mrs Dinah Abbey-Mensah and copied to the Ghana News Agency said the act of the Mankrado of Likpe-Abrani, whose domain is located in the Hohoe Municipal Area, was most unfortunate and must be condemned in no uncertain terms.
The statement said Anastasia Adom, 33, was reported to have been summoned to the chief’s palace at Likpe-Abrani on September 25, and was accused of insolence and banished from the community.
It said she was then stripped naked and paraded through the town whiles onlookers took snapshots of her.
The statement said without prejudice to the judicial process which had been initiated by the state, it was registering its abhorrence for the act, which was not in consonance with the modern thoughts of giving the woman her due place in family and in the society.
It said the fiat of banishment imposed on the Anastasia was outrageous and called for a “revisit of the impact certain outmoded customs and practices are having on our society”.
Pius Clemefi, Mankrado of Likpe-Abrani and nine others were picked up by the police for the offence and are being prosecuted.
Source: GhanaWeb
