Gone are the days that when thieves are caught, we give them some few slaps or lynch them.
Kwame Nkrumah Circle traders have now found better ways of punishing thieves which will even benefit Ghana as a nation in the long run.
The first suspected thieve to benefit from this innovation was a young man who only gave his name as Kofi Yesu also known as Guy Guy.
Yesu allegedly entered a shop near the Odo Rice area while the shop’s owner was outside taking part in a regular cleaning exercise that is organized on the day set aside for such purposes – Sanitation Day.
Kofi Yesu succeeded in carrying a bag containing GHS 700.00 and an Iphone X cell phone, hid it beneath his dress as he lurked in wait for an opportunity to bolt.
Luck, however, run out for Kofi Yesu when the shop owner suspected his movement and confronted him.
To show that he was indeed a ‘guy’, Kofi Yesu spoke Hausa with a stern face that was expected to scare the shop owner.
As fate will have it, the shop owner who also speaks fluent Hausa, replied Kofi Yesu with equal sternness amidst further questions.
It was based on the questions that the traders who had now gathered around Kofi found out that all the Hausa he could speak were his first few words to the shop owner.
As questions flew in from all angles, Kofi Yesu confessed to stealing the bag, which he brought out from under his shirt.
According to an eyewitness who spoke exclusively to adomonline.com in a telephone interview, Kwame Destiny, at this point, the crowd called for his release so they could give him some beating but wise counsel prevailed as they agreed on a more productive punishment.
The residents agreed that as the day was earmarked for sanitation, Kofi Yesu is made to desilt the drains, a punishment he gladly accepted and undertook with his bare hands albeit diligently.
According to Destiny, the suspect told traders that he resided at Konkomba Market in Accra; therefore, when he was done with his punishment, the traders got him a motorbike with GHC 10.00 and bode him farewell with the advice that he sins no more.
Source : Celebritiesbuzz.com.gh
