A mother is appealing to the police to investigate the circumstances that led to the defilement of her 13-year-old epileptic daughter who was allegedly assaulted sexually by five boys, with one as young as eight years.
The matter was reported to the police at Amasaman in the Greater Accra Region, but according to the mother of the victim, not much has been done about the case.
“I came back from work one afternoon and I was told that about five boys had defiled my daughter through the anus and the front. My daughter was sick so I gave her first aid and took the matter to the police station. Five boys were involved, two are eight years, one is ten years and the others are eleven years”, she said.
According to her, she was directed to make her complaint to the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, DOVVSU, but has since not received any response.
“I narrated everything to them and they directed us to the hospital to run some tests. The doctor checked her and I sent the report back to them,” she stated.
The doctors after examining the victim were convinced that her hymen had been broken as a result of forced penetration. A copy of the medical doctor’s report cited by Citi News revealed a “perforated hymen”.
According to the distraught mother, her daughter had not experienced any epileptic seizures for the last four years but the tragic incident had triggered her seizures. “She is having pains in her private part and she is still having the epilepsy. The seizures stopped about four years ago but now she is still having the attack because of what happened, she stated.
‘I have no hope in the criminal justice system’
After weeks of seeking justice, she told Citi News she has lost hope in the criminal justice system. “The police are not doing anything about the matter. When I go there they will tell me to go home and that they will call me but they don’t call me”, she said.
The woman lamented about the fact that she is unable to pay for her daughter’s medication, and thus wants benevolent individuals or groups to come to her aid.
“I don’t have money to buy the drugs and I don’t even have money to run the tests I am supposed to run at Korle-Bu. I can’t even afford most of the basic things we need to survive”, she said.
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