Sinoe County Electoral District 2 Representative, Jay Nagbe Sloh, has condemned the reported brutal humiliation of two women in Numopoh, Sinoe County, by some men who accused the victims of being witches, a press release issued by the Representative Monday said.
In recent days, social media has been saturated by a video clip showing two young ladies stripped completely nude and publicly flogged by a band of men trying to coerce them into confessing to being witches. One of the victims has reportedly died from the incident.
Representative Sloh said the action and its attending video have both embarrassed all civilized people, especially Sinoe citizens, around the world.
Representative Sloh, in the release, apologized to the victims, their families, and all women around the world for the disgrace the barbaric action has imposed upon them.
He said his initial investigation has confirmed that the incident occurred in Numopoh, Greenville District, Sinoe County.
Said Representative Sloh: “In these civilized days, only persons suffering from chronic insanity and irreversible mental derangement can even think of meting out such abnormal and violent social behavior against any human being, let alone women.”
Refuting media reports that the incident took place in his electoral district, Mr. Sloh added: “No matter where this ugly incident occurred, it must be condemned by all civilized human beings.”
He also regretted what he called the “very poor judgment” employed by those who published the video. He said the publication further violated the privacy rights of the victims and exacerbated an already ugly situation.
In a related development, Representative Sloh, who is also Secretary-General of the Sinoe County Legislative Caucus, has condemned the reported mob violence in the Grigsby Farm Community, within the same Greenville District, where law enforcement officers were reportedly brutalized over the weekend by angry citizens. Representative Sloh said nothing justifies violent actions against law enforcement personnel.
The tough-talking representative assured that the Caucus will ensure that all perpetrators of both crimes “will face the full weight of the law.”