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The Chief of Akyem Adiembra, Obrempong Appianing Kwaframoah II, has put restrictions on a family in the town after a 14-year-old member of the family allegedly invoked curses on another person.
The Chief and his elders insist that no member of the family would be buried in the town unless the family of the boy brings a ram, two schnapps and GH¢500 for them to reverse the curse.
Additionally, the chief also ordered that people should not associate themselves with the family.
The family has also been banned from making funeral donations and fetching water in the town.
When DAILY GUIDE contacted the chief via telephone yesterday, he confirmed the incident and the subsequent imposition of the restrictions on the family.
“The elders of the town have for sometime noticed the disturbing rate at which the people were invoking curses and decided to place a ban on it but the 14-year-old defied the order and cursed another person.”
Narrating the incident, a member of the family told DAILY GUIDE that the youngster was playing football when another boy, who was older than him, seized the ball and cut it into pieces for no apparent reason and that led to the incident.
When the incident was reported to the palace, the chief first invited Ama Kyerewaa, grandmother of the boy, who declined the invitation because she didn’t want to get involved.
“The chief then invited the mother of the boy called Diana Amaning who went to the palace with some elderly people but the same chief told them he needed the boy personally and not the mother,” the family member said, adding, “from there the chief got the police in Akim Swedru to arrest the boy.”
According to the family member, when the mother went to the police station to make inquiry, she was also detained until they were both granted bail in the evening.
The police forwarded the case to the District Court in Akim Oda after supposed pressure from the chief but the court, presided over by A.K. Abaidoo, struck out the case because the police did not disclose reasonable cause of action.”
According to the family member, the chief started making demands after the case was dismissed by the court, adding that he imposed the restrictions when the family could not meet the conditions.