Denying your partner sex can lead to jail for emotional abuse - Police

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Dennis Fiakpui, the Oti Regional Deputy Commander, has stated that denying a partner sex can lead to emotional abuse charges under Ghana’s Domestic Violence Act 732 of 2007.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), ACP Fiakpui revealed that women who refuse their husbands sex could be charged for emotional abuse and when found guilty, jailed to a maximum of two years’ imprisonment.

He said the law is also applicable to men who may deny their wives sex, encouraging such emotionally abused women to also lodge complaints with the police.

“If your husbands refuse to eat your food and make you unhappy and cause you emotional pain, you can also report it to the police and if your husbands come home late and cause you to be unhappy, you can make a case at DOVSSU,” he said.

ACP Fiakpui stated that women who refused to give sex to their husbands should equally be reported.