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Farmer, 38 jailed 15 years for incest
The Asamakese circuit court has sentenced a 38-year-old farmer to 15 years imprisonment in hard labour for sexually abusing his daughter.
The convict, Kofi Oppong, pleaded guilty to the charge of incest contrary to section 105(1) of the criminal code 1960(Act 29).
The court presided over by His Honour Abubakari Abass Adams convicted him on his own plea.
Presenting the facts in court, Inspector Susan Ayaric, the prosecutor, said the complaint is a trader, whiles the convict was a farmer and father of the victim who resides in Akwatia.
The prosecutor said Kofi Oppong had divorced his wife who is currently living in the Volta region.
According to him, the complainant who is an aunty to the victim lived with her in Akwatia Zongo.
He explained that the victim who is mentally deranged left home on February,14 last year to stay with her father at New Town, a suburb of Akwatia.
The prosecutor said on April 25, this year the victim came to the complainant and was complaining of stomach pain.
He said she revealed to her that she was pregnant with her father, explaining that, during interrogation, she showed her antenatal card.
The complainant later reported the issue to the police and a medical form was issued by the police for a test at the hospital which proved she was pregnant.
The accused person was subsequently arrested.
In his caution statement, the accused admitted the offence and said he did that out of loneliness.
Source: Edwin Kofi Siaw
The Chief Fire Officer, Daniella Mawusi Ntow Sapong, and the Director of Operations visited the GRIDCo Akosombo Substation early this morning to assess the extent of damage following the fire outbreak.
The visit focused on evaluating safety conditions and determining further measures to secure the facility.
Investigations have since commenced to establish the cause of the fire and prevent future occurrences.
The Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Abena Osei Asare has expressed concerns about the failure of the Administrator of the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund) Mr. Paul Adjei to honour invitation of the Committee to assist in dealing with abandoned projects cited in the 2024 Auditor-General’s report.
She emphasised that some of the projects have been abandoned for more than 20 years and it kept reoccurring in the Auditor-General’s report yearly, stressing that the GETFund Administrator could assist by prioritising these projects.
However, he has failed to personally appear before the Committee since the commencement of the Committee’s public hearing in the 9th Parliament.
According to the 2024 Auditor-General’s report on Pre-University Educational Institutions, nine (9) Institutions with 16 projects awarded by the GET Fund Secretariat had been abandoned/delayed for a period ranging between three (3) and 28 years.
Some of the affected schools include Adanwomoase Senior High School (Boys and Girls dormitory abandoned for 12 years), Atoa Senior High School (Home Economics Block abandoned for 27 years), Beposo Senior High School (Dinning Hall and Kitchen Complex abandoned for 10 years and lastly KNUST Senior High School (Three storey classroom block abandoned for 20 years).
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