Florence Appiah carrying the ‘meat’ after her arrest
A 60-year-old woman was nearly lynched at the Adabraka Fish Market after she was accused of selling human meat to unsuspecting customers.
The woman, identified as Florence Appiah, was allegedly found by some traders at the market carrying fresh meat in a tray and hawking around at about 9am yesterday.
The timely intervention of the Adabraka Police saved the life of the woman, who claimed that yesterday was her first time of trading in that market.
The police are investigating the allegation that Florence was selling human flesh.
An eyewitness account at the scene indicated that Madam Appiah, who was described as a ‘stranger,’ was found moving from one end of the market to the other with a big tray full of the meat that looked like the flesh of a human being.
The meat
Some of the traders immediately raised an alarm and within some minutes, other traders had besieged the area to catch a glimpse of her and the purported human flesh.
It took the intervention of the police to rescue the woman from the hands of these market women; and was later whisked away to the station for questioning.
Confirming the incident to DAILY GUIDE, ASP Effia Tenge, the Accra Regional police spokeswoman, said the Adabraka police received the information around 10am and rushed to the scene to find out what was happening.
According to her, when the police got to the scene, traders, curious onlookers and other workers in the area had gathered around the woman and the meat and were harassing her but she was rescued.
ASP Effia Tenge said Florence stated during interrogation that it was her pastor (name withheld) who gave her the spiritual direction to sell the meat in that market.
“My two children died mysteriously and when I contacted my pastor, he prayed for me and further asked me to go and buy cow meat and carry it in and around a market place to avert any future occurrence of death.
“So early yesterday morning, I went to the Makola Market to buy the meat and carried it through the Adabraka Market when I was arrested,” she narrated.
The meat, according to the police, had been packaged and would be forwarded for forensic examination to find out whether it is indeed human flesh as alleged by the market women or beef.
By Linda Tenyah-Ayettey