Assualt

AN EIGHT-year-old girl who was assaulted by her mother in Gbawe, a suburb of Accra ran to the bush where she fainted has been treated and returned to the custody of her parents by police officials.
Her mother, Madam Forgive Nanator assaulted her and in the process the little girl sought refuge in a nearby bush where she was found unconscious.
A complainant, Mr Emmanuel Amartey Adjaye told the Daily Graphic in an interview on Thursday that, on September 1, 2008, at about 2p.m., the victim, name (with-held), ran into a nearby bush in a torn dress with blood all over her body, where she eventually became unconscious.
According to Mr Adjaye, he, accompanied by his daughter, Ms Comfort Adjaye rushed the victim to the Samalla Clinic Limited at Gbawe where she was treated at a cost of GH¢ 50.00.
He said the case was then reported to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit of the Odorkor Police headed by Edith Ama Yeboah.
“On October 5, the victim’s father came to my house and issued a verbal threat to the effect that if I do not release his child, hell will break loose”, he noted.
Mr Adjaye explained that he complained to Constable Ashia at the Odorkor Police who did virtually nothing about the case until he saw the child in the custody of her parents without any information.
According to him, the reply to his petition signed by the Deputy Superintendent, S. A . Sadique Osei was full of blatant lies and wilful attempt to attenuate and play down on the rights of the victim.
He said, he later took the matter to the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on December 1, for further investigation.
“Till date, the case is still under the cover of the CHRAJ”, he stated.
He, however, called on the government to issue measures to warn against parents involved in such criminal acts to deter will-be parents and guardians.