Effutuakwa Traditional Council has found officials of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Assin Central Constituency guilty of breaching the council’s customary rules in the Fosu Municipality, Central Region.
As part of their penalty, they have been instructed to provide ten sheep, six boxes of Heineken Aromatic Schnapps, and GH¢10,000.00 within two weeks for the necessary rituals to revoke curses.
According to Kasapa News’ Yaw Boagyan, they are also mandated to visit the towns of Antoa and Assin Nyankomasi, where they invoked powerful deities, to perform rituals to nullify the curses.
The directive, issued by Assin Fosu Queenmother Nana Afranse IV and Okumaneng Baffuor Asare Kyeahene II on behalf of the Traditional Council, serves as a stern warning to others.
The NDC had accused the NPP’s parliamentary candidate of busing individuals from Kasoa to transfer their votes to the Assin Central Constituency.
In response, aggrieved party members slaughtered sheep to invoke the river gods, Antoa Nyama and Betinsin, against anyone planning to manipulate the December general election in Assin Central Constituency.
The invocation of curses by Assin Central NDC Women’s Organiser Agartha Yawson and her group prompted community reports, leading to the party’s summons before the traditional authorities.
Chiefs and elders expressed dismay over the party officials’ curse invocation, stressing that such actions are forbidden in the community.
“Invoking curses is not allowed on Effutuakwa land; the act of invoking curses should not have happened. It is an act that the traditional authority strongly disapproves of. If you invoke a curse and slaughter a sheep, causing blood to spill onto the ground, it signifies a call for blood. It is taboo to call for the blood of any inhabitant of this community.
There are severe consequences for invoking curses, and we, as leaders of this community, do not wish to experience any calamity. That is why we have summoned you here to reverse the curses you have cast. We must appease the gods and other spirits on Effutuakwa land for what has transpired.
“As politicians, you dine together and socialise together, but when you appear on radio and TV, you act like enemies, yet we know you are friends. So why is it that, in your quest for political power, you wish to harm the people of this land?
We have never heard John Mahama, Bawumia, Asiedu Nketiah, or NPP General Secretary Justin Frimpong Kodua invoke a curse. So why is it that those lower down the political ladder are the ones invoking curses, willing to harm each other to gain political power?” Chief Okumaneng Baffuor Asare Kyeahene II inquired.