Kumawood Actor Emmanuel Afriyie, also known as Adanko in the film industry, has recalled how he survived lynching for an accused phone theft at Kumasi Maakro near Suame in the Ashanti Region.
According to Adanko, “If not because of my movies and the small fame I had, I wouldn’t be alive today to tell my story”
Recounting how the incident happened on Ambassador TV Cooking with the Stars monitored by MyNewsGh.com, Adanko explained that “I went to set to shoot a movie and the saddest aspect of the matter is that I didn’t receive a penny from the producer”
“When I got to Maakro, a certain man accused me of stealing his mobile phone and he started shouting for people to come around. They were eager to attack me until one of them realized that I’m an actor” Adanko told Osei Kwadwo.
He added “Some of them came to the scene with life-threatening objects including stones and sticks to lynch me but because they recognized that I’m an actor, they decided to call the man’s number”
“After calling the number several times, they found the man’s phone inside the passenger car so he begged me and they all left” he recounted
“Ambassador, I have preached against instant justice on every platform because some people have lost their lives because of instant injustice” he added.
Adanko urged Ghana’s youth to have faith in security authorities and to submit all criminal matters to the police in order to help reduce instant justice in localities.
