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Orphan, 15, Defiled By 60-Yr-Old Chief

By Jeffrey Owusu-Mensah
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The youth  of Pokrom-Nsaaba, a town in the Akuapem South District of the Eastern Region have appealed to human rights activists, the Gender, Children and Social Protection Ministry and theDomestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service to quickly intervene and rescue a 15-year-old orphan who is alleged to have been defiled by one Nana Kwame Ntow, a 60-year-old cousin of the  chief of the town, Nana Toah Djah II.

Nana Toah Djah, according to the youth, had refused to report Nana Kwame Ntow to the police, and had warned them (youth) not to report the matter to the DOVVSU, Daily Guide has reported.

The student (name withheld) was adopted by Nana Toah Djah about four years ago to stay with his family at the palace while Nana Kwame Ntow, who is the Sanaahene, the paper reported, also lived in the same palace with his family.

The little girl was initially sharing a room with the Sanahene’s children until the chief’s wife gave her a different room upon which the Sanahene took advantage and allegedly lured the little girl into the act.

According to the report, a resident of the town who confirmed the incident, said last week Wednesday, the Sanahene, in the absence of his wife and the chief, allegedly went into the orphan’s room to defile her.

“The little girl started to shout which drew the attention of scores of people in the area. They stormed the palace and arrested the Sanahene. They then put him before the chief, but he (chief) asked the mob to set his cousin free,” the source asserted adding that the chief subsequently fined his cousin a bottle of foreign Schnapp and one sheep, but refused to report the matter to the police.

The victim, according to the report, said “Nana Kwame Ntow has had sex with me at the bathroom, kitchen and my room on several occasions.” adding, “last Wednesday afternoon, I was having abdominal pains when the Sanahene entered my room and had sex with me.”

Nana Toah Djah has declined to comment on the matter.