Ho, May 13, GNA - Lance Corporal Abdul Rahaman Issah of Ho is in custody at the Regional Police Headquarters for defiling a 13-year-old junior high school pupil.
Briefing the media Mr Samuel Ellis Gakpe, father of the girl, said last Sunday his daughter asked for money to trim her hair before school re-opened on Monday. He said she took the money and left home before noon for the barbering saloon near the Ho Central Police Station. Mr Gakpe said at about 2000 hours, his daughter was not back and after sometime he left for his house as he was living separately from his wife and daughter.
Mr Gakpe said few minutes to 2100 hours, his wife called him and asked him to come and that their daughter was back and was not looking well.
He said he told her it was late and that he would come the following day and went early Monday morning to see the girl in a "mess." Mr Gakpe said their daughter told them that a policeman who had met her the day before called her and demanded that she join him in his car to show him is residence before coming back to the saloon. He said the policeman took her took his house in the SSNIT Flats and switched on the television for her. After sometime, she asked to be allowed to leave but the policeman locked the door, tied her hands at her back and in an attempt to throw her on the bed she struggled with him resulting in the breakage of two louver blades. The girl said the policeman threw her onto the bed and defiled her, staining the bed sheet. He then asked her to wash the bed sheet while he went to take his bath with the door still locked. After she had finished washing the bed sheet, the policeman opened the door and dropped her at the barbering shop in the evening. Assistant Superintendent of Police Augustine Dogbega in charge of Volta Regional Office of the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Police Service confirmed the story and said the unit was investigating and would soon begin prosecution. 13 May 09
