A
timely intervention by a military officer at Kwaukudi Park, near Nima
in the Greater Accra region prevented a self-confessed homosexual from
being lynched by the angry mob in the area.
The soldier, (name
withheld closed from work and was going home when he saw a crowd beating
a man alleged to be a homosexual, but he managed to make sure peace and
order was maintained as well as save the man’s life.
According
to witnesses, the victim, Abdul Kadiri Mutawakil was invited by a friend
to watch a football game at the Kawukudi Park, but was not aware of the
hidden intention to beat him up because he is a homosexual, which he
admitted himself.
Mutawakil allegedly claimed he was born a
homosexual and therefore cannot control the urge of his sexual
orientation, words which angered the angry crowd even more as they
jumped on him and handed him severe beatings.
Luck was on his
side, however, when he was rescued due to the intervention of the
military man who stopped the angry mob and prevented the situation from
escalating.
The beating of Mr Mutawakil comes a few months after
another alleged gay was beaten up, lashed and made to confess his sexual
orientation in a video recording at Nima.
Homosexuality is frowned upon by the Ghanaian society even though rumours persist that a host of people actively engage in it. |
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