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A female advocacy group, Modern Women of Wisdom, has condemned what it describes as “inhumane attack” meted out to a suspected woman thief at the Kumasi Central Market last week.

A statement released to the media by the group yesterday in Kumasi and signed by its leaders in the persons of Ama Amo Darkoah, Adwoa Asieduaa and Boakyewaa Franklina stressed that “we are getting tired of these men, these higher humans who have decided to put the law into their own hands.”

In this regard, the women group called on the Ghana Police Service, Gender Ministry and Civil Society Groups to condemn the ‘barbaric’ act by bringing the perpetrators to book.

The statement pointed out that those people who brutally mete out instant justice on suspected thieves are the same men who loiter around shopping centres snatching phones from unsuspecting persons or sell bars of soaps to ignorant citizens as mobile phones at night.

“The lady in the video was caught stealing and so what? What happened to our police stations,” the group angrily asked.

They described as ‘barbaric’ the insertion of the fingers into the private part of the suspect, adding that ‘these sex-hungry men will do anything to molest a lady at the slightest provocation.’

The National Commission for Civic Education, they noted, must improve their performance by educating the public on their civic responsibilities, saying “instant justice was gradually gaining roots in the country and the earlier it is addressed, the better it would be for all.”

The video of several men molesting the suspected female thief went viral on social media last week making well-meaning humans ask questions about seriousness attached to human dignity and rights.

The molesters were seen not only beating her but also made her naked and inserted their fingers into her private parts in the full glare of tens of people.

Even those who offered to help the victim by providing her a cloth to cover her nudity were prevented while the molestation continued for several minutes until she appeared to have passed out.

No one knows the whereabouts of the lady now and cannot tell if the police have any other information on her health.

This is not the first time a female suspected thief has been publicly humiliated in such manner as it was the norm in the central business district of Kumasi.

Even though the police have issued a statement condemning the act, they are yet to arrest any of the perpetrators.