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21.02.2017 Opinion

 Why Kpani Left Ghana

By Musah Addy
Why Kpani Left Ghana
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Kpani Addy is my cousin .He is a native of Ghana and the only child of his parents. He relocated to Accra in 2014 from the village to stay with his mother after his father’s demise. Kpani’s mother is very old and cannot work. As a result he has to struggle to feed the mother and also pay for their room rent. He got into the selling of toffees by the roadside as it is done in Accra and other big cities in Ghana.

He however realized that the little he made through that business wasn’t enough to cater for their needs[ him and my aged mother] as well as pay for the rent fee. He therefore explained his predicament to a friend who in turn introduced him into the gay business. Even though such thing is illegal in Ghana, they [ he and his accomplices] managed to conduct it without anyone knowing.

What they do is they visit offices where there are officers who were secretly involved in that illegal aspect. According to him that business fetched him enough money from which he is able to feed from and also pay their rent .

This illegal aspect of sleeping with his same sex mates continued for some time until he was one day caught. The person who caught him then informed Kpani’s paternal uncle who also informed other family members.

Our family especially the father’s side was very angry with him. According to them my cousin has not only disgraced them but degraded their family image publicly. My family used to meet every Sundays to discuss matters confronting our family . As such Kpani’s engagement with gays was discussed at one of the meetings. It was agreed at the meeting that, they must find ways and means to eliminate or terminate his life for the disgrace he has brought to the family.

Fortunately, his mother got wind of the plans by our uncles and informed him [ Kpani] of that plan. He then decided to relocate to another town in Ghana preferably Kumasi but the mother was against that idea of relocating to another town within Ghana . She preferred he departs Ghana entirely because according to her, Kpani might be spotted in Kumasi by someone who knows him and the person would inform his family members of his where about which could still put his life in danger .

He told the mother that traveling outside Ghana is expensive and besides he doesn’t have such an amount to embark on such a journey. That was when the mother hinted him of his late father’s parcel of land. Until then, he never knew his late father had a parcel of land . His mother gave him the documents to that parcel of land which he sold and proceeded to Brazil in 2014. My family is still mounting pressure on the mother to tell them of his where about.

Even though the mother had continuously denied knowing where he is , they still claim she knows where Kpani is hiding. Since he went into hiding and after departing the shores of Ghana , he only get into contact with his mother through the friend who introduced him into the gay business. His mother’s name is Madam Aku Addy whilst the late father’s name is Mr. Nii Addy.

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