Ironically, the panchayat often provides tacit approval for branding a person a witch even if does not pass ruling on the punishment to be meted out.
Ní ti ẹ̀fẹ̀, láì wí tó, panchayat náà sábà máa ń lọ́wọ́ sí ìpènìyàn ní àjẹ́ pàápàá bí kò bá pàṣẹ ìjìyà t'ó tọ́.