Wa (Upper West), 7th May ?99 ?
Mr Salifu Yakubu, a 33-year-old driver who took advantage of the absence of his co-tenant and defiled her 12-year-old schoolgirl has been arrested by the Wa police.
He bolted after committing the crime.
Inspector Dorkpoh said the suspect and his wife live in the same house with one Madam Comfort Honu, mother of the victim.
He said, last month, Madam Honu travelled to Anfoega in the Volta region for the Easter festivities, leaving behind the daughter and her father.
Yakubu took advantage of her absence and had intercourse with the victim on three occasions but warned her not to tell her father.
He said it was only when the victim's mother returned from her hometown that she detected some bloodstains in her daughter's dress.
When she questioned her, she mentioned Yakubu as having had sex with her.
The victim's parents reported the matter to the Police, and the girl was sent to the Wa government hospital for medical examination, the results of which confirmed that she had been carnally known.
Yakubu has been granted two million cedis Police enquiry bail with a surety and asked to report twice weekly at the Police station pending further investigations.
