A Muslim Bisexualist escapes after nearly lynched by angry anti LGBTQ mob
1st June 2021
Abdullah (right) was with his partner Baba Dawuda before the attack
A young Bisexualist in his early 30s on Sunday escaped after surviving brutalities from angry anti LGBTQI+ mob the Greater Accra suburb of in Nima.
It is the second time Abdulmuid Abdallah, 32, had survived anti LGBTQI attack in his life for being a Bisexualist.
He had gone into hiding for safety, having been a victim of similar attack in 2018 which resulted in the death of his partner Jalil Sambo.
He had been in his hideout since incident but he recently got smoked out by the mob upon a tipoff.
In the 2018 incident, they were three in a room when the angry mob broke into their camp and were subjected to serious beaten, causing the death of Sambo.
He received severe beaten, resulting in a fracturing his nose and finger, forcing him to flee the Muslim dominated community with the other colleagues as the group launched a manhunt for them.
But having searched for them for years, the Anti LGBTQI in June this year got a hint that Muid and his colleagues are back in the nation's capital.
They reorgnised and launched another attack on Abdullah and his friends for the second time.
He and his group members received severe beaten on Sunday, having being pounced upon by the powerful group of young men believed to be religious task force against the activities of LGBTQI+.
He was reportedly brought out from the room together with his surviving partner Baba Dawuda and were both beaten mercilessly.
But luck shone on them and had a narrow escape.
The attack came in the wake of a new Bill laid before Parliament, prescribing prison sentences of up to for gay people.
There have been previous episodes of similar mob violence in the Muslim-dominated Communities, which was condemned by Human Rights groups.
But there is a little chance for LGBTQI groups to survive in the country as their activities keep receiving nationwide condemnation.
For Abdallah and his colleagues, their whereabout is not known but a mobile phone conversation reported to Ghana guardian by Abdallah's former classmate back at the university indicates he has left the capital Accra to Cape coast in the Central region.
According to the whatsapp conversation, Abdallah is hoping to move out of the country for the fear of his life.
Nima is a predominantly a Muslim community and Islamic leaders have issued a warning on the growing the activities of LGBTQI, urging families and households to ri
According to Shaikh Baro, who is a Quranic tutor, there is the need to wipe out the LGBTQI from the community.
"We can't entertain such activities in our society," he told ghanaguardian.com greater Accra correspondent.
"It is inimical to the progress of Nima, it is not a welcomed practice in our culture.
"We have warn them on several occasions but it seems they wouldn't listen. So it's about time we chased them out."
Abdallah is known to be very vocal with his campaign for Human right, having being a Bisexualist back at his University days.
He is accused of using his influence to recruit many young men and women into his activities, which had made him one of the most wanted guys in the community.
Many members of the community who did not agree with the acts of the anti LGBTQI+ group are tight-lipped for the fear of reprisal attack.
No arrest has been made by the security agencies in the city.
Following the recent bill by Ghana's parliament to ban activities of LGBTQI, communities have been emboldened, which has resulted in reprisal attack against the few LGBTQI+ communities in Ghana.
Report by ghanaguardian correspondent indicates that a statement by President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo that "gay practice will not be allowed in Ghana" under his watch is gaining momentum.
Youth groups nationwide have vowed to fight the canker with their last blood to ensure homosexuality will not have a place in Ghana.
Speaking at the opening of the second Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana at Asante Mampong in the Ashanti region on Saturday 27thFebruary 2021, Akufo-Addo repeated the words he’s said time and time before.
“I have said this before, let me in conclusion stress again,” the New
Patriotic Party leader said, “that it will not be under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that same-sex marriage will be legal, that same sex marriage will be legalized in Ghana, it will never happen in my time as
President.
After one of Ghana’s few LGBT+ rights group opened a new office and community safe space, it became a target for conservative criticism, signalling the depth of anger felt towards the queer office, which after receiving the backing from European Union officials, has become a pinched battle ground between a fledgling queer rights group and a small but powerful cadre of religious conservatives.
National security officers stormed the building and forcibly closed the
premises.
Now leaders of LGBT+ Rights Ghana fear for their safety
In Ghana, homosexuality is illegal and anti-LGBT+ sentiment is common, spouted by lawmakers and religious leaders and codified by its colonial-era
laws.
Queer residents have escaped being burned alive by vigilantes, robbed,
abused and blackmailed by Grindr catfishers and the country’s chief imam 6aahas blamed the coronavirus on “transgender and lesbianism” and called LGBT+ people “demonic“.
Alban Sumana Bagbin, one of the most powerful politicians in the country and the current speker of parliament, made the incendiary comment as lawmakers filed a bill that, if passed, would criminalise the “promotion, advocacy, funding and act of homosexuality in all its forms,” one legislator sponsoring it said.
“I can tell you that it is more than COVID-19, and I am happy that our
beloved country, Ghana, is together in this," Alban Sumana Bagbin said.
“The president Nana Akufo-Addo has spoken, our traditional leaders have spoken, our religious leaders have spoken together, and Ghanaians have spoken with one voice, and we don’t want to do anything that has to do with LGBT+ activities," Alban Sumana Bagbin said.