But for the incessant pleas of some relatives, two suspected thieves would have been lynched by a mob at Butumegyabu, a community in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis last Sunday.
The two suspects, 15-year-olds, Nana Kwame and Nana Ahenfia, were reportedly arrested around 1am at Butumegyabu, near the Takoradi Polytechnic campus with stolen items such as laptops, mobile phones and other items.eports, the residents arrested the two suspects, tied them to a tree and allegedly subjected them to severe beatings before putting used car tyres around their necks in an attempt to burn them.
Reports have it that, the residents arrested the two suspects, tied them to a tree and allegedly subjected them to severe beatings before putting used car tyres around their necks in an attempt to burn them.
But when some relatives revealed that they were residents of the area, the incensed residents rescinded their decision to burn the two suspects.
According to a resident of the area, Joe Gray, the suspects were only spared because the parents of one of them who are based in Tema are well respected in the community.