Rape victim’s dad wants case dropped

Mohammed Ganda, a prison officer and the stepfather of a girl who was defiled by Sergeant Godfred Nimoh, another prisons officer at Sunyani, has written to the police to stop pursuing the case since the victim is of the legal age of 18.

He was said to have stressed in the letter that the victim’s statement were inconsistent even though the police were yet to conclude their investigations.

Police Superintendent M. Salifu, the Regional Crime Officer, told the ‘Times’ in Sunyani that that Ganda had earlier been asked by the police to provide the birth certificate of the victim as he claimed not to know her real age.

Sergeant Nimoh, with two wives and six children, was said to have defiled the victim on four previous occasions. He has denied having had carnal knowledge of her.

Asked whether the police would discontinue investigations, the crime officer said they were yet to decide.