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Security Alert! Robbers dressed as women attack victims on commercial vehicle
People who travel at an ungodly hour (between 1:00am and 3:00am) should be extra careful when boarding a vehicle with mostly women on board as passengers.
The reason is that, there has been a paradigm shift in the mode of operations of armed robbers in the country, especially at Kasoa and its surrounding communities in the Central Region.
These criminal fully dress like women by putting on wigs and brassieres and sit in commercial vehicles (trotro) pretending to be passengers in order to outwit the police and use their feminine dress style to trap unsuspecting victims and rob them.
Madam Atta Nsiah, a trader at AssinAnyinabrim near AssinFosu also in the Central Region revealed these to The Spectator during a funeral at AkyemAnweam near Kade in the Eastern Region last Saturday.
She said that one of her bosom friends who is a trader and resident of Kasoa got up in the wee hours of the morning about two weeks ago to go and transact business at Bawjiase was attacked by armed robbers who dressed like women on board a Bawjiase bound commercial vehicle.
According to the source, her friend, upon seeing those in the vehicle thought they were genuine female passengers who were also going towards Bawjiase for business.
But to her surprise, the driver took a different route near a cemetery on the Kasoa-Bawjiase road and drove the vehicle into the bush where the so-called passengers showed their true identity as armed robbers.
Madam Nsiah said her friend told her that no sooner had the vehicle stooped than the occupants removed their wigs and brassieres, and pulled out machetes and guns ordering her to surrender her mobile phone and a handbag containing an unspecified amount of money.
She further said that her friend resisted at first but had to give in when the robbers slashed her back two times. It was then she realised how dangerous the terrain was.
She said the armed robbers left the victim in the bush far away from the Kasoa-Bawjiase main road and sped off.
The victim trekked the long distance to the road side before getting a vehicle back to Kasoa where she is presently nursing her wounds and counting her losses having contracted a loan from bank for her business
By Castro Zangina-Tong
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Swedru All Blacks back to winning ways, Roshan humble King Faisal
Sekondi Rospak FC made it eight wins in eight successive home games after three second-half goals from John Amoah, Joseph Ntow and Stephen Anthony Kofi. John Amoah opened the scoring in the 55th minute after a barren first half. Joseph Ntow added to the tally in the 56th minute before Stephen Anthony Kofi rounded things up in the 74th minute to give Rospak a 3-0 win over former Premier League side King Faisal.
Elsewhere at Swedru – leaders Swedru All Blacks humbled PAC Academy in an emphatic 2-0 win. Zayat Bubakari scored first for Swedru All Blacks in the 27th minute before Rudolf Junior Nana Kwasi Mensah made it 2-0 in the 34th minute. Swedru All Blacks are top of the table with 36 points – 4 points ahead of second placed Rospak FC.
Meanwhile, Former Premier League side Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs recorded their fourth successive home victory after beaten New Edubiase United 2-1 at the Robert Mensah Park. Enoch Odoom struck first for Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs in the 19th minute but Steven Asante equalized for New Edubiase United before halftime. After the interval, Godfred Eshun scored from distance in the 65th minute to help Cape Coast Mysterious Dwarfs secure all the points.
Here are the results in Zone Two
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Cervical Cancer alert: Avoid sex at early age
The Programmes Manager of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Mary Efua Commeh, has advised young girls to avoid sex at an early age.
This, she explained, will give the cervix the opportunity to mature before they become sexually active.
“You need to delay what we call the first sexual intercourse as much as possible to give the cervix the opportunity to mature before the person becomes sexually active,” she said.
Dr Commeh stated this in an interview with The Spectator in Accra on Tuesday as a part of the Cervical Cancer awareness month.
According to her, cervical cancer was the second leading female cancer in Ghana with a total of about 3,072 cases annually, and out of that, 1,815 deaths are recorded, representing more than 50 per cent.
She indicated that “If young girls are going to be sexually active, then you need to talk to your parents about being vaccinated.”
She explained that vaccinating young girls against human papillomavirus (HPV) has been found to be a very effective way of preventing cervical cancer.
“There are countries that started HPV vaccination years ago and they are not seeing any cervical cancers now because they would have eliminated most of the high-risk HPVs in their women. So if the high-risk HPV is not there, then obviously the results on cervical cancers are going to go down,” she added.
Dr Commmey said the HPV vaccination is recommended for young girls aged nine to 14 years, adding that it had been found to be highly effective, not just for cervical cancers but for other HPV-related cancers, such as anal cancers, cancers of the vagina, genital warts, amongst others.
She further elaborated that the idea is to put up a barrier before the HPV comes in and that once a young female encounters it, she is already protected.
She also mentioned that for cervical cancers, the main cause is called HPV infection, saying generally, all sexually active women acquire HPV at some point in their lives.
However, the Programmes Manager of NCDs at the GHS mentioned that the body has a way of clearing the HPV, explaining that it is a natural mechanism that goes on, unfortunately, there are a few women whose HPV persists.
Moreover, she noted that the numbers for Cervical Cancer tend to be much higher because at times, clients would wait, and try all sorts of medications before they finally report to the health facility saying “we actually lose some women before they get to the hospitals with over 75 per cent of the cases coming in its third and fourth stages.”
Dr Commey, therefore, called for public awareness while ensuring the availability of information for prevention and control.
By Jemima Esinam Kuatsinu
