A 37-year-old mother-of-two, Catherine Nsor, was nearly burnt alive by a mob in the Northern regional capital of Tamale, after being mistaken for a thief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim, who sells cereals, was left incapacitated for some time following the near-lynching incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Narrating her ordeal to Class91.3FM\u2019s Savanna correspondent Zion Abdul-Rauf, she explained that she was walking along the Aboabo road in Tamale to the Central Market on a Friday, when a fellow woman, known as Jamila, approached her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman had indicated that someone in a nearby shop wanted to have a word with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim, unbeknownst to her of the ordeal that awaited her, hurriedly followed the other woman to the shop, thinking it was a known person asking to see her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, upon reaching the shop, one of the women asked the other woman who was sent to call her whether she was not the thief they had been looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman accused the victim of stealing from their shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shopowner took her phone and called her brothers who then came and stripped the victim naked in the full glare of the public and started flogging her, which attracted a crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mob joined in with electric cables and other crude weapons as the victim wailed and insisted on her innocence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was later taken to a house, locked up and forced to confess to stealing GHS10,000 before she would be let free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim, however, insisted she was innocent and told them she had no inkling about what was going on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was then dragged back to the market square with her accusers ready to set her alight with old tyres and a gallon of petrol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne of the guys brought a gallon of petrol and was looking for something to cover my mouth before setting me ablaze alive when a team of police arrived at the scene,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was immediately sent to the hospital, where she was admitted, treated and later discharged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim then lodged a complaint with the police, and the suspects were arrested and granted bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspects, realising that she had been wrongly accused, called on some prominent chiefs in Dagbon to intervene so the matter will be settled out of court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She declined to settle the matter out of court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspects were arraigned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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