Afia Ohemeng
Newton Komla Katseku, the National Director of GAPA, made the call to politicians ahead of the elections because he believes the safety of albinos in the country is not assured due to the inaccurate beliefs some people still hold. In many countries across Africa, many believe that the body parts of albinos have strong magical powers and that results in them being hunted for rituals.
He said he gets anxious everytime he goes out during an election period and hurries to get him to avoid being killed and used as a sacrifice.
He is quoted as saying:
“The fear is that as we know they have been using parts of our bodies for rituals so maybe somebody will want to come to power and that is their beliefs that if they use our parts of bodies they may win power.”
So sometimes some of us the fear is there during election time so when you are going out you wish to go and come back early so that you don’t go and meet somebody who will kill and use you for rituals”.
As for me during election time my brothers tell me to stay home so that nobody kills me for sacrifice so it creates anxiety anytime I go out,”
