Two students from Twifo Praso Senior High School have been arrested by the police for allegedly mobilizing their colleagues to lynch a spiritualist, identified as Abdul Latif.

The violent incident occurred on the evening of Wednesday, August 21, 2024, at Twifo Praso in the Central Region, after Latif accused one of the students of stealing a mobile phone.

According to reports, a junior student's phone had gone missing, prompting the students to seek the help of Abdul Latif, a local spiritualist, to identify the culprit.

After performing his spiritual investigations, Latif accused one of the senior students of being responsible for the theft.

Enraged by the accusation, the student reportedly rallied a group of around 10 of his colleagues to ambush Abdul Latif. They severely beat him until he died. After the attack, the group dragged Latif's body into a nearby bush and attempted to conceal it by covering it with weeds.

The police, upon discovering the body, retrieved it and transported it to the Twifo Praso Government Hospital Mortuary, where it is awaiting autopsy. The two students suspected of leading the mob attack are now in police custody, facing charges related to the lynching.

Graphic Online's Central Regional correspondent, Shirley Asiedu Addo, is said to have reported that the incident has sparked outrage among some youth in Twifo Praso, who planned to storm the school in retaliation for Latif's death.

However, swift intervention by the police averted further violence. Reinforcement teams from the Central North Regional Police Command were deployed to the area to maintain order and ensure peace.

The father of the deceased, Yaw Nkrumah, disclosed that this was not the first time his son had been targeted by students from the school. He revealed that Latif had been attacked twice before by students following the initial phone incident but had managed to escape without harm. Sadly, the third attack resulted in his death.