The Wa Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service have arrested a 15-year-old junior high school (JHS) 1 student for  allegedly sodomising a five-year-old.
According to the head of the Upper West Regional DOVVSU, ASP Benjamin Mensah, the victim was on his way home from school when he met the suspect who invited him to join undertake an activity.
“They went to an obscure place and asked the victim to lie down face-down and removed his shorts and inserted his penis into his anusâ€, ASP Mensah said.
After he was done, he added, the victim “asked him [ the victim] to go home warning he should not tell anybodyâ€.
However, when the victim got home, he reported the matter to the aunt who later disclosed to the victims mother.
ASP Mensah said the victim’s mother organized some men in her area to arrest the suspect. He was later handed to the police.
The police report indicates the suspect has admitted having “carnal knowledge of the victimâ€.
Commenting on the way forward, ASP Mensah said: “The suspect is here with us but for now as the age stands we will release him on bail till the investigation is doneâ€.
Meanwhile, a report from the regional hospital where the victim is on admission affirms there is an “inflammation of the anusâ€, myjoyonline reported.