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Woman refuses to use child for money ritual …escapes from marital home
A young lady of about 26 years has escaped from her marital home at Ashaiman Roundabout in the Greater Accra Region to save her life and that of her child.
Reason? She says the ‘husband’ has been beating her for no justifiable cause and sometimes threatens her with a knife in the bedroom.
According to the lady (name withheld) who hails from Peki in the Volta Region, what triggered the abandonment of her marital home was as a result of the incessant beatings and threats on her life by the ‘husband’ whose hometown she did not know but said the man spoke Hausa, a language commonly spoken by some people from Northern Ghana and Northern Nigeria.
She, however, did not give out his name.
She said what broke the camel’s back was when her man told her that they should use their two-year-old child for money rituals (Sikaduro).
“He started saying this when I was pregnant but keeps pestering me after delivery that we should use our baby for money ritual because he is in dire need of money to build a house and buy a car,” the lady said.
Fortunately, the two-year-old child is being taken care of by a good Samaritan who currently works with the young lady in one of the regions.
According to the lady, she had reported the conduct of her ‘husband’ to her father but nothing had been done about it.
The surge in spousal murders in the country of late has put some Ghanaian women on the ‘high alert’ to look out for possible escape routes from the homes of their aggressive husbands or partners to save themselves from premature death.
By Castro Zangina-Tong
A 30-year-old man has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour by the Bekwai Circuit Court for his role in a 2022 robbery at a mining site at Manso Akwasiso in the Ashanti South Region.
The convict, Dominic Ofori, also known as Fanta, was arrested on 16th February 2026 after years on the run. He pleaded guilty before the Bekwai Circuit Court to robbery contrary to Section 149 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 Act 29, and was accordingly sentenced to 25 years imprisonment with hard labour.
On March 20, 2022, the Manso Adubia District Police received intelligence that a group of armed men from Manso Abodom were planning to attack a mining site at Manso Akwasiso to rob the owner of gold concentrate. Acting on the information, police mounted a coordinated operation and laid an ambush at the site.
At about 5:30 pm the same day, four-armed men arrived at the site, fired indiscriminately, and robbed the miners of their gold concentrate. The police team on surveillance intervened, resulting in an exchange of gunfire.
Three of the suspects, Abu Abubakar, Musah Latif, and Gideon Takyi, sustained gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead on arrival at St Martins Catholic Hospital at Agroyesum. Dominic Ofori escaped at the time but was later arrested and put before the court.
The Ashanti South Regional Police Command has assured the public of its continued commitment to combating violent crimes and bringing offenders to justice.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command has arrested 45-year-old Isaac Boafo, also known as “Duabo King,” for allegedly publishing false news intended to cause fear and panic.
Police said the arrest follows a viral TikTok video in which Boafo claimed that four officers at the Central Police Station in Kumasi engaged in inappropriate conduct with commercial sex workers during night patrols in Asafo.
Officers from the Police Intelligence Directorate (Ashanti Region) apprehended Boafo after receiving intelligence about the video.
During questioning, he admitted to creating the video to attract views and engagement online, and acknowledged that he could not prove the allegations.
Boafo also admitted making comments about the President of the Republic for content purposes and could not defend those statements.
He has been formally charged and is in detention as investigations continue.
The Ashanti Regional Police have warned the public against publishing or sharing false information on social media, noting that such acts can cause fear, panic, and damage reputations.
They said anyone found engaging in similar conduct will face legal action.
By: Jacob Aggrey
