19th February 2025

Chiefs at Atafoa in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region have revealed that some individuals’ act of having sex in the Owabi River has resulted in the untimely deaths of 5 persons in the community.

Disposing of corpse and having sex in the Owabi River have incurred the wrath of the River god”

The chiefs have disclosed that, the angry River gods have vowed to kill dozens of people if Ghanaians continue to pollute the river with dead bodies and other materials that threaten its life span.

According to them, the “River gods” in a revelation to some fetish priest in the area have vehemently warned that any individual who will joke with the river will pay with his or her life.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with media on Monday, July 3, 2023, Linguist for the chief of Atafoa, Nana Kwame Appiah said individuals who were recently killed in the river were all signs of anger by the river.

This river serves as the main source of potable water for residents in the region, yet people use it as a refuse dump area and it has angered the river.

The River god revealed to the fetish priest that, some unscrupulous people bury dead bodies in the river, while others have sex in the river, acts that should be condemned. Nana said.

Some five people have recently drowned in the river after torrential rains in the Ashanti Region.

Three of the five persons have been confirmed dead after retrieving their bodies, while two are still missing.

Nana Kwame Appiah has however said the river has revealed those two bodies will never be found as a sign of anger venting on the people.

Following the incident, the Chief of Atafo, Nana Owusu Ansah II together with his elders have poured libation at the river to pacify the god.

The chief after offering sheep, bottles of schnapps and fowls to the river has again warned that nobody should try the patience of the gods by throwing trash or any material that will threaten the life of the river.

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