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Police unit records increasing rape cases
Fiapre (B/A), Oct. 26, GNA - The Brong-Ahafo regional office of Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Ghana Police Service recorded 734 defilement cases in 2004 as against 713 the previous year. Mrs Victoria Owusu-Kyeremaa, Regional Director of the Department of Women, disclosed this at the launch of Women's week by the local National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) of the Faculty of Forest Resource Technology of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology at Fiapre, near Sunyani.
The theme for the three-day celebration was: "Eradicating violence against women; the role of the student".
Mrs Owusu-Kyeremaa said cases of rape increased from 181 in 2004 to 206 in 2005 whilst the Unit recorded 2,430 assault and battery cases in 2005 as against 2,059 in 2004.
On non-child maintenance, she disclosed that the cases stood at 4,266 in 2005 as against 7,421 the previous year. Mrs. Owusu-Kyeremaa stressed the need for continued sensitisation of the people on violence against women and its impact on families and communities, especially the productive consequences on adolescents, to help eliminate the social canker.
Mrs Akua Akubour Debrah, Regional Director of Education, explained that violence against women was a global phenomenon that needed immediate attention to curb it and attributed the alarming rate of women in drug and prostitution to the phenomenon. She noted that most violent and harmful practices existed in a "culture of silence" and denial and had a long history that was almost inextricably woven into a complex set of traditional ideas and beliefs most of which had outlived their values.
Mrs. Debrah expressed regret about the upsurge of forced prostitution, trafficking, early marriage, rape and other acts that subjected women to violence and indignity in the name of tradition. She advised the students to collaborate with teachers and parents to establish clubs in schools to deal with women or citizenship issues to help eradicate gender-based violence. Mrs Debrah called on the students to be in the forefront of exposing violence and empowering the vulnerable and the marginalized to help break the life cycle of violence and promote the rights of females in society.
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GNA
Police blames highway robbery on some drivers
Bolgatanga, Oct 26, GNA - Upper East Regional Police Commander, Mr Ofosu Mensah-Gyeabour on Thursday blamed the spate of highway robberies on drivers conniving with gangsters to rob passengers. Speaking at this year's Road Safety Campaign at Bolgatanga, the regional Police chief urged drivers to desist from such practices, warning that connivers would be dealt with drastically. Mr Mensah-Gyeabour appealed to the public to volunteer information on robbers to the police.
The Bolgatanga Municipal District Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Nsoh Amoah, appealed to drivers to have enough rest before starting a journey.
He said some road accidents occurred due to driver fatigue. He also urged cyclists to always wear crash helmets before riding. On their part, driver representatives called on the Road Safety Committee to include transport owners in their education programmes, saying they tended to demand unrealistic daily sales, which most often led to driver anxiety on the road.
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GNA
Man murders wife for refusing him sex
Breman Asikuma (C/R), Sept. 18, GNA - A 38-year-old farmer, Kwadwo Aidoo, has butchered his 32-year-old wife, Hannah Amoako, to death trader, at Wasabiampa village near Breman Bedum in the Asikuma Odoben Brakwa District.
Aidoo also drank poison and died.
Police said investigations revealed that Aidoo killed his wife because he refused him sex.
The Breman Asikuma District Police Command said a statement made by the 12-year-old daughter of the deceased couple stated that there was a misunderstanding over sexual intercourse between them. She told the police that when he father started slashing his mother, she pleaded with him to stop but he told him to go and inform the mother's relatives about what had happened. When the girl came back she found her parents dead.
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GNA
Two Drivers Fined For Assaulting Pregnant Woman
Nyinahin (Ash), Sept.18, GNA- The Nyinahin Magistrates' Court presided over by Mr. Augustine Essah, has imposed a fine of GH=A2920 on Kwame Enoch 24, and Kwabena Gyamfi 26, for assaulting Adwoa Afrah, a pregnant woman.
The court also ordered the two accused persons to pay GH=A2100 each to the complainant as a compensation.
The accused persons who pleaded not guilty would serve 12 months imprisonment each if they failed to pay the fine and the compensation. Prosecuting, Detective Chief Inspector David Nkrumah Danso told the court that on January 19, 2007, the two accused persons conspired and set ablaze a palm plantation farm belonging to Amma Duku of Abofrem near Nyinahin.
Madam Amma Duku confronted the two for the crime they had committed. The prosecution said the accused persons suspecting that it was Afrah who informed the plantation owner went to her house and beat her mercilessly.
He said Afrah reported the case to the Unit Committee Members at Abofrem, but the two resisted arrest. Chief Inspector Danso said Enoch also threatened to kill Mr.Kusi Appiah, the Unit Committee Chairman. Inspector Danso said the two were overpowered and arrested by the Nyinahin Police and charged after investigations.
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GNA
35 Nigerian women in Ghana jails over drugs
3 September 2007
According to the Nigerian newspaper, Nigerian Tribune, 35 Nigerian women have been jailed for drug trafficking in Ghana. The paper gathered that the women had been sentenced to serve various terms of imprisonment in a Ghanaian prison after they were apprehended at various borders in the country.
Sources at the Nigerian High Commission in Accra disclosed that the women traffickers were arrested while trying to smuggle hard drugs into the country.
According to investigations, most of the drug traffickers were caught at the border while trying to cross into Ghana for onward journey to Europe and the United States of America.
Following the development, Nigerians travelling either by air or by road are now being subjected to serious screening by Ghananian immigration officials.
The smuggling of hard drugs by Nigerians has been on the increase.
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Nigerian Tribune
Marginal increase in crimes reported in Ho.
Ho, Aug. 12, GNA - Reported crime cases in the Ho Municipal Area increased from 107 in June, to 159 in July this year. However, no armed robbery was recorded within the period. According to records made available to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) by the Municipal Command of the Police on Friday, assault resulting from interpersonal misunderstanding and squabbles accounted for majority of the cases, recording 38 in June and 61 in July.
Stealing rose from 34 in June to 37 in July with other categories crimes including fraud, causing damage, unlawful entry, causing harm, unlawful entry and offensive conduct, forgery recording less than 10 reports for both months.
Threatening, however, rose from nine in June to 23 in July while there were no robbery cases in June but two in July. Mr Joseph Nakoja, Detective Sergeant told the GNA that the police were on the heels of suspects who broke into the residence of a medical officer when he had been called for duty in the night. The thieves took away two mobile phones, two laptop computers, cash and other valuables totalling 460,000 Ghana Cedis or 46,000,000 Cedis. He said the police were also investigating another break-in and theft of a laptop at the residence of another Doctor at the medical village.
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GNA
Suspected armed robbers remanded for murdering taxi driver
Cape Coast, July 10, GNA- A circuit court at Cape Coast on Tuesday remanded two suspected armed robbers, Yaw Duodo, 23, a farmer, and Kingsford Amoah, alias Kwamena Abeka, 24, suspected to have murdered Kwame Takyi, a taxi cab driver. The pleas of the suspects who were charged with conspiracy to commit crime, robbery and murder were not taken and they would reappear on Tuesday July 31.
Chief inspector Hope Azasoo told the court presided over by Mr. Richard Asiedu-Badu, that the suspects conspired to robe Takyi of his Taxi cab, which they hired at about 14 hours at Mankessim after they had bought two kitchen knives. Prosecution said the suspects allegedly killed the driver, who was driving from Mankessim to Kromaim near Ajumako in the Central Region on Friday June 29.
Chief Inspector Azasoo said the suspects asked Takyi to send them to Kromaim to take local alcohol, Akpeteshie and on the way, a witness in the case joined they car.
Prosecution said on their way, the deceased stopped to make a telephone call at "a space to space mobile spot" to another witness in the case to inform him of where he was going, whiles the suspects bought water after which they continued the journey. Chief Inspector Azasoo said at about 1720 hours on that day, they drove towards Mando about a kilometre away from Kromaim and the accused persons asked the deceased to park the vehicle and follow them to the village for the local alcohol.
He said about 400 metres away from the road, the suspects attacked Takyi, collected the car key from him, stabbed him in the abdomen, chest, ribs, left eye till he died and abandoned him in the bush. Prosecution said the suspects drove the car to Konkompe in Accra and offered it for sale at 6 million cedis to some vehicle mechanics. Chief Inspector Azasoo said the mechanics suspected that the vehicle might have been stolen considering the low price at which it was being offered for sold and the discovery of a knife concealed under the car seat and reported the matter to the police.
He said the following day at about 0830 hours, a man on his way to farm saw the body of the deceased in a pool of blood. Prosecution said he reported the matter to the Abaasa police who visited the scene and found the corpse of Takyi and an identity card belonging to Amoah. He said the body of the deceased was conveyed to the central regional hospital morgue for autopsy. 10 July 07
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GNA
Armed robber shoots 'Samaritan' dead
Sunyani, July 5, GNA - An unidentified armed robber has shot dead a youth, Kwasi Sampson, who attempted to rescue a lady from being raped at Mantukwa, near Nsoatre in the Brong Ahafo Region.
Chief Superintendent of Police Christian Tetteh Yohonu told the Ghana News Agency that at about 2100 hours on June 28, the armed robber stormed a Total fuel filling station at Mantukwa and took the manager, six attendants and two female friends hostage in a room. He said the robber collected seven mobile phones and eight million cedis from them.
Chief Superintendent Yohunu said the robber then took one of the ladies outside the room, locked the rest inside and stripped the lady naked in an attempt to rape her.
The shouts of the lady for help attracted the deceased to the scene but the robber shot him dead and escaped with his booty. The police commander said residents who heard the gunshot rushed to the place and took him to the regional hospital in Sunyani but he was pronounced dead on arrival.
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GNA
Girl, 19, Stabs woman
Kumasi , July 3, GNA - A circuit court in Kumasi has granted 40 million cedis (4,000 Ghana Cedis) bail with a surety to a 19-year-old apprentice hairdresser who allegedly stabbed a 35-year-old woman on the forehead. Doris Ofosuah, the suspect, who pleaded guilty to causing harm but explained that she did so in self-defence, will re-appear before the court on July 6, 2007.
Police Chief Inspector Janet Oseiwaah, told the court that Akua Duodu, complainant in the case and Madam Comfort Fosu, mother of the accused lived in the same in Kumasi.
Chief Inspector Oseiwaah said on 17th April this year, the accused who lived close by, went for the complainant's iron bars to support her cooking pot when she was preparing banku but failed to return the iron bars.
When the complainant went for her iron bars, a quarrel ensued between her and the accused.
Chief Inspector Oseiwaah said Accused stabbed the complainant on the forehead with a knife and immediately fled but she was later arrested.
3 July 07
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GNA
Timber merchant exposed for allegedly murdering a teenager in a cold blood
A middle aged timber merchant in Techiman municipality, Alhaji Issifu , affectionately called Obolo has allegedly murdered a 16 year old boy, Yahaya after using “chemical interrogation” based on suspicion that the decease and his pal, Baba have conspired to steal his three million cedis and a cell phone. The timber merchant was believed to have carried out the heinous crime with support from his spouse.
According to a close friend of the diseased who spoke on the basis of anonymity, Alhaji who resides at Gyarko a suburb in the commercial capital on Tuesday 28th June, 2007 complaint of his missing ¢GH300 and cell phone and upon a tip off it was alleged that the two suspected characters (the decease and his friend Baba) on 27th June, 2007 were seen surveying the neighbourhood, specifically Obolo’s vineyard.
The close ally reiterated that filled with anger the timber merchant solicited the help of four other persons in the area and started searching for the two suspects.
After several hours of search the Alhaji managed to get the teenagers and with support from some friends, send them to a near by bush on Techiman- Tuobodom road where the boys were made to confess under duress. Considering the threatening words, they all confessed stealing the money and the mobile phone.
The boys were therefore sent to Alhaji Obolo’s house where they were maltreated and subjected to beating. The Alhaji poured ashes and fire on them after they had been kept in a barrel filled with hot water mixed with pepper. Additionally, the teenagers were further tortured with a heater leaving all forms of bruises on their bodies. The source said Yahaya became weak and in the process passed away at the house of the Alhaji.
Sensing danger, the Alhaji quickly conspired with three young men, Baba, Ayew and Oyibo and sent the corpse to Bredi no 1in the Nloranza South constituency where they buried it in a thick forest forests.
On Saturday 30th June, 2007 Ahaji who is a key member of the biggest opposition party in the country the National Democratic Congress (NDC) took Baba one of the suspected thieves to the police station and lodged a complaint that he has stolen his money and a mobile phone. However before he could complete his statement, Baba told the police that they were two but could not trace the where about of his friend and narrated the agony they had been through in the house of Alhaji and his wife and friends.
Upon intensive interrogation carried out by the police, Alhaji Obolo on Sunday 1st, July, 2007 confessed killing the boy. He later confessed that with the help of his three friends, Baba, Ayew, and Oyibo they buried the body at Bredi in the Nkoranza district.
On Monday 2nd July, 2007 at about 3. 00 am a police team led by Chief Superintendent Addae Peprah went to Bredi no 1for the dead body after some rituals had been performed by traditional leaders in the area. At Bredi, Alhaji was nearly lynched by the angry youth in the town for defiling their land. The few policemen who went to exhume the body had a very hectic time in their attempt to safe the Alhaji from the hands of the irate youth of Bredi
Meanwhile, the other three suspects are on the run. The Techiman municipal police command has since called on the residents to help trace their where about.
Alhaji is expected to be arraigned before court soon.
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Ransford K. Agyemang, Classic Fm, Techiman
Police Applicants Fail English Test
The majority of the people who have thronged the Kumasi Police Depot to enlist into the Ghana Police Service in the ongoing exercise have been disqualified. This is because they failed to meet the basic criteria of aggregate “E” (pass) marks in English language and Mathematics of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
Inspector Yussif Mohammed Tanko of the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Officer has said. He said that a lot of people mostly youths had reported for the exercise but they had not been able to meet the basic criteria. He therefore advised the youth to take their studies seriously in school in order to do well in examinations. The Ghana Police Service has embarked on a nationwide exercise to recruit about 2,000 people to augment its strength.
Out of the number, 1,200 will be for general police duties while the rest will perform professional duties. Inspector Tanko said the service has also strengthened its internal mechanism to flush out criminals and people with suspicious characters who will attempt to take advantage of the exercise to be enlisted to advance their hidden agenda.
According to Inspector Tanko, finger prints of all those seeking enlistment would be taken and forwarded to the finger print unit of the service for screening and verification of their backgrounds.
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Ghanaian Times
Father kills daughter
Ajumako Besease (C/R), June 18, GNA-A-48-year old farmer at Obrawugum near Ajumako Besease in the Central Region who decided to shoot his suspected flirting wife had the shock of his life when the bullets narrowly missed the woman and killed his daughter. A top Police Officer of the Ajumako Police Command, told newsmen at Ajumako on Saturday that the farmer, Opanyin Kofi Nyarko and the wife, Madam Ama Adjeiwaa lived at Obrawugum with their children, including the deceased Sara Nyarko.
He said sometime last year a self-styled pastor whose name was not disclosed came to stay with them during which they all prayed together. The police said Opanyin Nyankoh became worried and suspicious about the close movement of the pastor and his wife so he asked him (Pastor) to discontinue his relationship with her.
He said Madam Adjeiwaa and the pastor did not end their relationship but the pastor rather moved to a nearby village where the woman this time visited and spent some days there.
The situation compelled the farmer to report to the nearby police stations at Ajumako and Besease and some elders of the village of the recent behaviour of the pastor and his wife but this also did not yield any fruitful results, he said.
The Police Officer said in the early hours of June 9 2007 when Opanyin Nyarko could no long put up with the situation he picked his single barrel gun to shoot wife but missed her narrowly and killed his daughter, Sara Nyarko who was preparing food for the family. He said Sara's body had since been buried after autopsy at the Central Region Hospital while, Opanyin Nyarko has been placed in police custody to help the police in their investigation.
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GNA
Police are focused to protect lives and property - ACP Ayalingo
Wa, June 17, GNA - Assistant Commissioner of Police, Robert Ayalingo, Upper West Regional Police Commander, on Saturday gave the assurance that the police were focused to protect lives and property in the region to enhance development.
He said the police were committed to their work to sustain the prevailing peace in the region, especially in Wa to enable the people undertake their daily activities without fear or hindrance. ACP Ayalingo gave the assurance at a send off party for Deputy Superintendent of Police Peter A. Ndekugri former Upper West Regional Police Commander who is now on transfer to the Western Region at Wa. He urged the people to cooperate with the police to secure sustainable peace in the region.
"Even though the police are not angels, their directives and decisions were in good faith and interest of the public, therefore people should not see them as enemies when they commit crimes against the law," he added.
ACP Ayalingo appealed to motor riders in the region, especially those at Wa to wear helmet to protect their lives. He pledged to consolidate achievements made by his predecessor to sustain peace in the region.
DSP Ndekugri appealed to the people to live peacefully with each other to sustain the prevailing peace in the communities. He called on them for cooperation with the police to build on the sound foundation laid for the region's rapid development. Mr David Yakubu, Upper West Regional Coordinating Director urged police personnel to educate their children well to make them responsible citizens in future. 17 June 07
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GNA
Police to stop criminals from enlistment
Kumasi, June 13, GNA - The Ghana Police Service has given the assurance that it had strengthened its internal monitoring mechanism to help prevent criminals and people with suspicious characters to enlist into the Service.
The police would also be vigilant and scrutinize critically those who intend to enlist into the Service with the aim to recruiting trustworthy
peace officers.
The assurance comes in the wake of the nationwide recruitment exercise being embarked on by the police to enlist about 2,000 people to help maintain peace in the country.
In a briefing with newsmen in Kumasi on Tuesday, Inspector Yusif Mohammed Tanko of the Ashanti Regional Police Public Relations Unit said some 1,200 people out of the estimated figure would be recruited for general duties whilst 800 would be recruited for professional duties.
He said the fingerprints of all those seeking enlistment would be taken for screening and verifications into their background. Inspector Tanko said it was regrettable that about 90 per cent of those who failed to meet the criteria for the recruitment for the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions in Kumasi were not picked because of their failure in English and mathematics at the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
He admonished those aspiring to be potential policemen to take their studies seriously to ensure that they had good grades in all the subjects at the WASSCE.
He said it was very encouraging that most of the youth were now showing interest in being enlisted into the Police Service, stressing that in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo regions alone some 1,500 youth turned up for the recruitment exercise.
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GNA / 13.06.2007
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