{"id":700870,"date":"2019-09-07T17:41:26","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T17:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/07\/video-kwame-nkrumah-circle-traders-find-innovative-way-to-punish-thieves\/"},"modified":"2019-09-07T17:41:26","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T17:41:26","slug":"video-kwame-nkrumah-circle-traders-find-innovative-way-to-punish-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/07\/video-kwame-nkrumah-circle-traders-find-innovative-way-to-punish-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Kwame Nkrumah Circle traders find innovative way to punish thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/maxresdefault-7-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/video-kwame-nkrumah-circle-traders-find-innovative-way-to-punish-thieves\/\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"td_youtube_player\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1BOUYX1Y7wQ?enablejsapi=1&amp;feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;vq=hd720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>As Ghana looks for innovative ways to deal with her many<br \/>\nproblems, some traders at Odo Rice, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have also<br \/>\nfound a more productive way to deal with common thieves in the area.<\/p>\n<p>What pertained in the past, by way of punishment to suspected<br \/>\nthieves when they are unlucky to be apprehended was to either lynch them or<br \/>\ndoll out a few slaps to their faces.<\/p>\n<p>Those forms of punishments, as effective as they may be, are<br \/>\nunproductive hence the decision by the residents to innovate.<\/p>\n<p>The first suspected thieve to benefit from this innovation<br \/>\nwas a young man who only gave his name as Kofi Yesu also known as Guy Guy.<\/p>\n<p>Yesu allegedly entered a shop near the Odo Rice area while<br \/>\nthe shop\u2019s owner was outside taking part in a regular cleaning exercise that is<br \/>\norganized on the day set aside for such purposes \u2013 Sanitation Day.<\/p>\n<p>Kofi Yesu succeeded in carrying a bag containing GHS 700.00<br \/>\nand an Iphone X cell phone, hid it beneat his dress as he lurked in wait for an<br \/>\nopportunity to bolt.<\/p>\n<p>Luck, however, run out for Kofi Yesu when the shop owner<br \/>\nsuspected his movement and confronted him.<\/p>\n<p>To show that he was indeed a \u2018guy\u2019, Kofi Yesu spoke Hausa<br \/>\nwith a stern face that was expected to scare the shop owner.<\/p>\n<p>As fate will have it, the shop owner who also speaks fluent<br \/>\nHausa, replied Kofi Yesu with equal sternness amidst further questions.<\/p>\n<p>It was based on the questions that the traders who had now<br \/>\ngathered around Kofi found out that all the Hausa he could speak were his first<br \/>\nfew words to the shop owner.<\/p>\n<p>As questions flew in from all angles, Kofi Yesu confessed to<br \/>\nstealing the bag, which he brought out from under his shirt.<\/p>\n<p>According to an eyewitness who spoke exclusively to <strong><em>adomonline.com<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nin a telephone interview, Kwame Destiny, at this point, the crowd called for<br \/>\nhis release so they could give him some beating but wise counsel prevailed as<br \/>\nthey agreed on a more productive punishment.<\/p>\n<p>The residents agreed that as the day was earmarked for sanitation,<br \/>\nKofi Yesu is made to desilt the drains, a punishment he gladly accepted and<br \/>\nundertook with his bare hands albeit diligently.<\/p>\n<p>According to Destiny, the suspect told traders that he<br \/>\nresided at Konkomba Market in Accra; therefore, when he was done with his<br \/>\npunishment, the traders got him a motorbike with GHC 10.00 and bode him<br \/>\nfarewell with the advice that he sins no more. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; As Ghana looks for innovative ways to deal with her many problems, some traders at Odo Rice, near the Kwame Nkrumah Circle have also found a more productive way to deal with common thieves in the area. 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