A 29-year-old man identified as Obed has been lynched at Ayigbe town in the Weija Gbawe Municipality of the Greater Accra Region.
According to some residents, he was found in a pool of blood with bricks by his side.
Some residents believe the deceased was a thief and was lynched by unknown assailants.
Meanwhile, the father of the deceased, Kofi Asare, has called for justice for his son.
He insisted that his son was not a criminal despite speculations.
Information gathered indicates that Hanam, who was armed with a pair of scissors, attempted to rob a mobile money vendor but was unlucky and got apprehended by an angry mob.
He allegedly confessed to being a thief who wanted to rob the agent.
Some residents also identified Hanam as a serial criminal who roamed the region with others, stealing and robbing residents.
The mob tied his hands and legs and left him on a football field in the area after he was interrogated.
Later in the evening, some of the angry youth in the area went back and assaulted him.
He was beaten until he fell unconscious.
He was found dead on Monday, June 10, 2024.
Again, a suspected robber was lynched at Chereponi in the North East Region.
A Benz bus carrying passengers from Tamale to Chereponi was attacked by two robbers around 8 pm on the night of March 27.
One of the robbers was caught and arrested by an off-duty police.
Narrating the incident, a reporter said, “The bus was travelling from Tamale to Chereponi, and a few minutes into the town, two robbers attacked the passengers and started taking their money and other valuables, and one police officer who was not in uniform arrested one of the robbers who was later lynched by some angry residents that gathered around the car.”
He added that “one of the robbers fired his gun, which fell, and so he ran away, and the body of the other one was taken to the police station.”