{"id":176647,"date":"2024-04-29T17:22:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/29\/grave-looters-invade-tafo-cemetery\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T17:22:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T17:22:19","slug":"grave-looters-invade-tafo-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/29\/grave-looters-invade-tafo-cemetery\/","title":{"rendered":"Grave Looters Invade Tafo Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Some of the destroyed graves<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DEAD PEOPLE, who have been buried at the Tafo Cemetery in Kumasi, the Ashanti Region, are not being allowed to rest in peace.<\/p>\n<p>Some faceless people are said to be visiting the cemetery, under the cover of darkness to dig graves of deceased people.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, the grave looters, reportedly, dig the graves just to remove iron rods that have been used to cover the graves and sell it to enrich themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Because the grave looters, also known as \u2018Condemn\u2019 people, perpetrate their condemnable actions in the night, it is very difficult to apprehend them.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE<\/em><\/strong> visited the Tafo Cemetery in the afternoon, some of the graves were wide open, exposing bones of the dead bodies.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the workers at the cemetery expressed concern about the happenings at the cemetery, saying the perpetrators operate deep in the night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese \u2018Condemn\u2019 people visit the cemetery at night, dig the graves, break into the concrete and take away the iron rods that were used to cover the graves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese unscrupulous people, especially target graves that are 10 years and above, break them and take away the iron rods, which they sell for small money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe breaking of the graves is increasing on a daily basis and authorities should act quickly\u201d, a cemetery worker, who demanded anonymity, noted.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, if the negative trend continues, very soon it would be difficult for people to visit the graves of their loved ones, who have been buried.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM I.F. 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