I Will Defend Cantonments Prostitutes—Affenyo Markins


The Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Affenyo Markins has expressed worry and disgust at the arrest of alleged commercial sex workers.

His comments comes on the back of a police swoop last Sunday night on suspected prostitutes in Cantonments, Accra resulting in the arrest and prosecution of 31 women and two men.

They were subsequently convicted by an Accra magistrate court and fined GH¢720 each with a bond to be of good behavior for six months.

But speaking to Ultimate Radio, Alexander Affenyo Markins who is also a human rights lawyer wondered what right and authority the Police had to arrest women who had gathered at one place in the night.

He told Ultimate Radio, ‘if you are charging someone for soliciting for immoral purposes to wit engaging in a sex trade, the persons must not just be walking on the streets and then be told you are here at this odd hour and the residents are complaining and so we are arresting you,’

Explaining further, the Effutu Legislator said such swoops and arrests had the tendency of undermining Rule of Law in the country as it was an infringement on the rights of the women.

He vehemently disagrees with the ruling of the Court and has vowed to take up the matter and make sure justice is served the ladies.

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