[ 2017-03-09 ]

Bolga rape case: Police hunt for man who forced minors to have sex
The Upper East Regional Domestic Violence and
Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU), has mounted a
manhunt for one Akwesi Zamnok from Namolgo in the
Talensi District of the Upper East Region, for
abetment of crime and obscenity.

Mr. Zamnok forced a 13-year-old girl and a boy,
whose exact age cannot be ascertained, to have sex
against their will in a bush in Namolga in October
2016.

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According to the Upper East Regional Deputy
coordinator of DOVSSU, ASP Veronica Obese, the
suspect, Akwesi Zamnok, forced the two to have sex
while he filmed them.

ASP Obese said the mother of the victim reported
the rape on February 2, 2017, after a video of the
incident went viral on social media.

Narrating the incident to Citi News, ASP Obese
said “One the 2nd of February, the mother of the
victim, Kolgmah Yinbe, reported to us (DOVSSU)
that, she had seen a video on social media
involving her daughter being raped.”

“So she confronted her daughter and her daughter
confirmed that, about five months ago she was sent
to the market and at the market centre, she met
two guys on a motorbike she happen to know them,
and that one of them happen to be the boyfriend of
her friend.

So she decided to ask of her friend whom she has
not seen for sometime, but the two guys told her
the friend was home, and that they could take
her(victim) to the house and so the victim
agreed.”

“…But when they got to the house, the victim
could not find the friend in the house, so the
guys decided to take the victim back to the
market, but on their way back to the market, the
suspect at large stopped the motorbike, and
ordered two teenagers to get down and have sex.

Initial they resisted to have sex against their
will, but Mr. Zamnok slapped them, ordered them to
strip naked and have sex. So while they were
having sex, Mr. Zamnok was filming the act. So
after the act, the girl went home, but never
reported the matter to her parents.”

ASP Obese said the boy in the video was later
arrested and admitted the offence, but could not
be arraigned because there was no document
indicating his exact age, even though the suspect
said he was 17 years.

Parents could not afford medical assessment

She added that, the victim’s parents could not
afford the GHc300.00 for her examination and
endorsement of the police medical form by medical
officers at the Regional Hospital at Bolgatanga.

“So the court officer could not put the suspect
before court, but advised that, the suspect be
released to his parents while efforts are made to
endorse the police medical form before putting the
suspect before court”

ASP Obese is appealing to the general public to
assist police with information on the hideout of
Mr.Akwesi Zamnok for his arrest. He said the
docket of the case has been sent to the Attorney
General’s department for advice.

Source - citifmonline.com

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