Amnesty International To File For Arrest Of Bishop Obinim For Stomping Pregnant woman's belly

The Ghana Chapter of Amnesty International
is demanding the arrest and prosecution of
Bishop Daniel Obinim for stomping on the
protruded belly of a pregnant woman during
an exorcism session in his church.
“Such a person should be brought to book…
the Police can arrest such a person and
investigations conducted,” Executive Director
Lawrence Amesu told STARR FM’s Sika
Yabani in an interview Wednesday.
A 42-second video, which has gone viral on
social media, captured the International
God’s way church Founder stomping on the
pregnant woman during the exorcism
session.
Several groups, including the MamaYe
Campaign and the Alliance for Reproductive
Health Rights (ARHR) have condemned the
act.
Motivational speaker, Reverend Albert Ocran
also told MORNING STARR host Kafui Dey on
Tuesday that criminal charges must be
pressed against Obinim for doing what he
did.
“Very importantly, crime is crime and let’s
draw a line between excesses and crime.
“And if somebody steps on the foot of a
pregnant person, it is assault and there is
criminal prosecution and there is evidence
right there and so let’s just go for that,” he
said.
Amnesty International has also called on
religious groups and associations to which
Obinim belongs, “to call him to order”
because people of his ilk “cannot do
whatever they want in society.”
“Journalists should not keep quiet. Civil
society…should not keep quiet. We should
ensure that we bring such a person to
order,” Amesu said.