ANGOLA PRESS (Lusaka) 04 July 06 Python `god` swallows mouthpiece

Accra, Ghana: A python revered as a god in the Sapeliga community, near Bawku, in the northeastern corner of Ghana, has swallowed a 55-year-old fetish priestess assigned to be its mouthpiece, media reports said here Monday.

The priestess had been missing for three days and the inhabitants suspected the god had swallowed its mouthpiece, the Ghana News Agency (GNA) reported.

The people performed rituals and killed the snake, only to find the badly decomposed body of the fetish priestess when its belly was split open, the report quoted Sunday Ali, son of the deceased, as saying.

Ali said he visited his mother last Saturday on his way to Bawku and promised to bring her some items she had requested.

On his return Tuesday, he found the mother`s door ajar, which suggested she had not gone far, so he decided to wait for her but she did not show up after waiting for over two hours.

Ali and other neighbours combed the surroundings in vain before one of the elders of the oracle suggested that they consult the `god` to tell them Ali`s mother`s whereabouts.

According to Ali, as soon as the elder entered the python`s enclosure he realised that the `god` was bloated and called the attention of the others.

This aroused suspicion that the serpent might have swallowed Ali`s mother, and this proved true when the python was killed after performing some rituals and the belly opened.

Assemblywoman Madam Elizabeth Awini said she had made several pleas to the community that it was dangerous to keep the python but they did not heed her advice.
Python `god` swallows mouthpiece

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