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Man escapes lynching over alleged gay practices

LGBTQI members
LGBTQI members
A 37-year-old man identified as Musah Sumaila has narrowly escaped from being lynched by an angry mob after he was allegedly caught indulging in <a href="https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/sam-george-should-go-to-the-forest-since-hes-called-dzata-lgbtq-director/dqrjfgh">homosexuality</a> in the Central Region.
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According to information from a family member of the victim, they suspected their son [Sumaila] to be practicing homosexuality.

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In other to save the family from the shame they married for Sumaila to enable him to stop practising homosexuality. 

After two years of marriage with kids, his wife caught him in a sexual act with another man, and the wife quickly reported the act to the family.

The report stated that the family confronted and questioned Sumaila , but he escaped during interrogation.

An angry mob a known anti gay group almost lynched Sumaila after being caught in the act again by one of his colleague and was able to escape before the mob could get hold of him .

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It was gathered that the mob insisted on teaching Sumaila some lessons anytime they get hold of him to kick the gay out of him since he's becoming a menace to their community said some of the members of the mob.

It was reliably gathered that Sumaila had not been seen in the community since then.

Ghana's LGBTQ+ community continues to face rampant discrimination, with perpetrators justifying their actions by citing colonial-era laws forbidding unnatural carnal knowledge.

Activists have warned that the bill could also promote conversion therapy for Ghana's embattled LGBT+ community.

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