Massive graves looting in Shama Ahanta East

About 100 graves at Kansawurodo and Ketan cemeteries in the Shama Ahanta East Metropolitan area have been looted within two weeks.

The desecrated graves were between 10 and 20 years old, Seth Ecremet, the Metropolitan Environmental Health Officer, told the media on Monday.

Mr Ecremet, who took newsmen round to inspect the graves said, even though, there had been grave looting in the past, none has been on such a large scale. No one had been arrested.

He explained that the situation apart from posing serious health hazards to nearby communities also degraded the environment by leaving several holes and trenches into which unsuspecting mourners, who went to the cemeteries to bury their relatives, could fall.

Mr Ecremet warned all persons involved in the practice to stop since anyone caught would not be spared. In another development, the Takoradi cemetery would soon be closed down due to congestion.

He said as an interim measure, the Kansawurodo cemetery would be used, while arrangements were made to get a permanent cemetery at Mampong, a suburb of Takoradi.