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Man, 19, jailed 21 years for defilement
A 19-year-old school drop-out, Isaac Amoah, has been sentenced to 21 years imprisonment in hard labour for defiling a three-year-old girl.
The convict pleaded guilty to the charge of defilement by a circuit court in Cape Coast, presided over by Mrs Dorinda Arthur Smith, who convicted him on his own plea.
Prosecuting, Chief Inspector John Asare Bediako told the court that the complainant, Madam Comfort Amissah, mother of the toddler, lives in the same vicinity with Amoah at Breman Asorefie in the Assin Darmang District of the Central Region.
He said on Monday, May 4, the girl’s parents left her in the care of one Joyce Mensah and went to their farm.
At about 12:00 noon whilst the toddler was playing with some friends, the accused beckoned her into his room under the pretext of giving her food left by her parents.
“Amoah undressed the girl, inserted his erected penis into her vagina and later released her to go and play, but one of her friends who heard the cries of the girl informed the guardian,” prosecutor said.
The girl narrated her ordeal to the guardian and on realising that he had been exposed, Amoah went to Assin Anyinabrem Police Station and reported the incident.
He was arrested and a medical form was issued to the parents of the girl for examination and treatment. GNA
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Presidential Race: EC announces list of qualified candidates to contest 2024 elections
The Electoral Commission has finally announced list of candidates who qualify to contest the 2024 Presidential race.In a statement issued today, the EC indicated that “Following the successful conduct of the Filing of Nominations from September 9-13, 2024.”
” The Commission instituted a thorough
examination of the Nomination Forms submitted by the Candidates to ensure
conformity with requirements as set out in law,” the added.
“The Electoral Commission wishes to inform the General Public that the following persons ave successfully gone through the Nomination process and qualify to contest as Candidates in the 2024 Presidential Election,” they concluded.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
Read the statement below
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Police arrest three persons and declare others wanted in connection with violent disturbances at Apam
The Ghana Police Service has arrested three persons and declared others wanted in connection with violent disturbances which left one person injured at Apam in the Central Region on SSeptember 16, 2024.
The suspects, who have been identified as Alhaji Kassim Mohammed, Stephen Cobbinah alias Bonjour, and Joseph Mensah alias Kofi Kokor, together with others, armed with offensive weapons, disrupted a commissioning ceremony for the equipment for the District Roads Improvement Programme (DRIP) at Apam, which resulted in the violence.
Suspects Alhaji Kassim Mohammed, Stephen Cobbinah, and Joseph Mensah are currently in custody and will be put before court to face justice.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to get the other suspects also arrested.
