The alleged witches who stormed the Assembly premises
It was chaos and confusion as over one hundred alleged witches
stormed the office of the District Chief Executive over LEAP allowance
(Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty) at Gushegu in the Northern
region of Ghana Monday morning.
According to information gathered by Starr News, the women who are
camped at Kpatinga, Nabuli and Leli'tabari allegedly for possessing
spiritual powers stormed the administration block singing dirges and
demanding payment of their LEAP allowance.
This resulted in a halt in activities as Assembly officials found
it tough controlling the alleged witches. Even after they begged and
promised them to look into the matter, the alleged witches refused to
leave.
According to the leader of the group Alimatu Sadia, government
through the Ministry of Gender Children and Social Protection registered
them as LEAP beneficiaries but they have since received nothing for two
years.
She decried government's indifference to the poor and widows as
they promised to vote against it. It took a team of religious leaders in
the community to calm the alleged witches.
The district officer in charge of social welfare Mr. Tia S.
Dokurugu told Starr News that there was little his outfit could do
because they had compiled names of all beneficiaries to the headquarters
in Accra and was only waiting for the funds to be released for payment.
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