The rites was held amidst the wailing of family members of the victims, sympathizers and indigenes of the Apam Community.
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Pacification rites for the gods in the community were held on Monday, March 15 for the deceased children.
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Traditional leaders of the area revealed that following their consultation with the deities of the land are ‘fuming with rage’ and are demanding one big cow, 3 sheep, 12 fowls, 33 tubers of yam and 3 cartons on schnapps.
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The Queenmother of the Apam Traditional Council, Nana Essel Botchwey, the gods revealed to them during the consultation that they(gods) have been offended and must be pacified.
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She explained that the victims strayed into a ‘no go area’ of the sea when they went swimming hence the calamity that befell them.
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