Traditional authorities in charge of deities in the Sokode Traditional Area have revoked a death curse on President Akufo-Addo and Vice Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Prof. Lydia Aziato by some unidentified persons.

They prayed to the gods of Sokode to annul the death curse which was done on the premise of a scheduled conferment of an honorary doctorate on President Akufo-Addo by UHAS.

The Council of UHAS announced a decision to honour the President with a doctorate for his contribution to STEM, Second-cycle education, and the development of UHAS.

The decision faced stern opposition from the National Democratic Congress, whose member, the late President John Evans Atta conceived the establishment of the University.

A youth group, Concerned Volta Youth held a press conference to chastise the University on the decision.

The New Patriotic Party regional front responded to the NDC and youth group describing their actions as frivolous.

Learning of the resolve of the UHAS Council to go ahead with the conferment, some unidentified youth evoked the gods and spirit of the late Prof Atta Mills to kill President Akufo-Addo and the Vice Chancellor of UHAS, Prof Lydia Aziato on their way to the ceremony.

They poured libation, slaughtered ram, and streamed its blood across the road, at the entrance of the University's main campus.

“We heard that they are saying it was not you Prof Milss who established the University and that it was Akufo-Addo so they want to honour him. Prof. Mills, you led the establishment of the University. If today they are saying that you are not the one, I am handing them over to you to judge.

"When they set off for the honorary doctorate to be conferred on President Akufo-Addo for establishing the University, strike them dead before they get to this very spot.

Prof Lydia Aziato, the day you receive them, whoever is scheduled to speak at the ceremony should vomit blood when he gets to this very spot”, said the leader of the group.

The Sokode Traditional Authorities intervened swiftly and performed a counter-ritual to revoke the curse, explaining that UHAS is in Sokode Land, hence people from other communities have no right to perform any ritual in their land, without their knowledge.

The Dutor of Sokode Traditional Area, Togbe Awee Japhet Amoako who addressed the media explained that they intended to annul the curse to ensure no calamity befalls anyone who would travel to attend the event on Monday 29th July 2024.

“This is our land and you need to ask permission before you perform any rituals here. The school belongs to the world. We the people of Sokode are not against anybody. Development is in phases. Some will construct schools, others will build roads, and others will build toilets and markets.

That is development. I am telling you whatever evil that they think will occur here, it will not. Sokode Paramountcy has cancelled everything”, he stressed.

Meanwhile, preparations are ongoing unabated for the conferment of the honorary doctorate on President Akufo-Addo and the commissioning of the China Phase Two expansion project.