
The chief of Tamale, Dakpema Naa Alhassan Dawuni, has insisted that his
resolve to publicly flog to death, the young man at the centre of the
Tamale pornographic pictures and videos, is non-negotiable.
He warned that even if the young man, Khamil, stays away from Tamale for
decades, he would still be dealt with, in a move akin to Sharia law, to
serve as a deterrent to other youth within the metropolis,.
The chief indicated that never in the history of the metropolis had
residents been humiliated that much, reiterating that he would stop at
nothing in having Khamil, who is domiciled in Canada, severely punished.
“No one, not even the Regional Police Commander, can compel me to back down on this decision,” he remarked.
Dakpema threatened to banish the young man’s parents from Tamale and
demolish their house if they failed to produce him within a stipulated
period.
He observed that Khamil’s conduct was responsible for the erratic rainfall pattern affecting farming activities in the area.
Coincidentally, there came a heavy downpour soon after granting the
interview to journalists, which lasted about 18 hours and trapped
residents at their homes.
The same chief had earlier threatened to banish persons captured in the
leaked video footages if they failed to collectively produce two cows
and four rams.
Dakpema Naa Alhassan Dawuni, through his secretary/spokesperson,
Mohammed Rashid, last week summoned parents of the over 30 girls and the
young man to produce two cows and four rams.
The two rams, according to the palace spokesperson, which must be black
and white in colour, would be used to atone for the crime and pacify the
Gods respectively.
The four rams, it was disclosed, would be given to some powerful Imams
in the city for Quran recitations to seek the face of Allah for
forgiveness for the girls and their families.
He disclosed that the boy in question would additionally be subjected to
100 hot strokes of the whip by palace guards to serve as a deterrent to
other youth in the area.
Meanwhile, Khamil has since apologized to the ladies and their parents
for the leakages, indicating that it was not the source of the leakage
for which his family was being threatened.
According to him, the pictures were taken with the mutual consent of the
ladies for private purposes, but someone stole his hard drive and
decided to go public with them. ”
I never leaked them myself and I never intended for them to be made
public. I would never purposely publish such images of anyone,
especially of ladies I dated and care about, most of whom remained my
good friends until this unfortunate situation happened. Some of the
ladies and their families are close friends with my family so there is
no way I will ever do anything of this sort just to embarrass them."
He appealed to the police to pursue and arrest the person purported to
have leaked the tape which he claimed had resulted in finger pointing at
the ladies – some of who have since fled the town to unknown
destinations.
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