A 19-year old Innocent Aidoo has become paralyzed after he is said to have been subjected to severe brutality by a spiritualist and some men in military uniform at Gomoa Mprumem in the Gomoa West District of the Central region.
The victim has become bedridden and hope of regaining his full health status hanging in the balance.
After spending days at the Catholic Hospital, the victim, Innocent Aidoo was transferred to the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and later transferred to Korle Bu when he still showed little sign of improvement.
The severity of the attack caused him to go into coma for several days and regained consciousness but in a paralyzed state.
According to doctors, part of his spinal cord and waist got fractured.
Aidoo who was preparing for Senior High School, his mum and two other siblings were attacked by Abdulai Nyamekye also known as Malam Yaa Waduudu, a spiritualist based in Gomoa Ankamu near the Mprumem community together with some men in military apparel.
Swift information gathered by Bryt Fm News Correspondent Eric Owusu Amponsah revealed the Victim’s had a monetary dispute over a galamsey business they conducted at Kwakukwaa, a small community also in the Central region here.
The spiritualist and the said military officers upon meeting the absence of Aidoo’s father at the family’s residence resorted to brutalising them amidst sporadic gunshots.
A neighbour of the family, Vida Arthur, narrated how she witnessed the occurrence describing it as horrific.
At the moment, Aidoo has been moved to a different residence as he has become traumatized.
Family of the victim are appealing to the state for justice to be delivered as the matter is currently pending before the Agona Swedru circuit court.
When contacted, Malam Yaa Waduudu, the spiritualist declined to comment on the issue.
Two years ago, residents of Gomoa Ankamu where the spiritualist’s shrine is located demonstrated against the spiritualist and demanded for his banishment.
They accused him of suspected ritual killings that occurred in the area.