{"id":448187,"date":"2017-12-19T09:16:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/otiko-condemns-wicked-bantama-gang-rape\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T09:16:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T09:16:14","slug":"otiko-condemns-wicked-bantama-gang-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/otiko-condemns-wicked-bantama-gang-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"Otiko condemns &#8216;wicked&#8217; Bantama gang rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/26722656.295.jpg\" alt=\"Minotiko Afisadjaba\" title=\"Minotiko Afisadjaba\" width=\"295\" height=\"203\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba has condemned the gang rape of a young girl in Bamtama, a suburb of the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi.<\/p>\n<p>The minister said she was disappointed and sad over the wicked act of the young boys and the circulation of the video which exposes the girl to ridicule and stigmatisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI take this opportunity to condemn in no uncertain terms, the rape incident involving a young girl which is going viral on social media,\u201d Otiko said during the National Stakeholder Consultative Workshop to Validate the Draft Social Protection Policy Implementation Plan in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>She added \u201cI am very sad and feel disappointed that a young Ghanaian girl will suffer this wicked act from those young guys. This criminal and the law must deal with them\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>She urged the Police to arrest and prosecute the boys to serve as a deterrent to others.<\/p>\n<p>The Police on Monday arrested three of the boys identified in the video which has gone viral.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ashanti Regional Police Command, the boys are Junior High School and Senior High School students.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, ASP Juliana Obeng, at a media briefing on the incident on Monday, said the police had identified four accomplices who are currently at large.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe command has arrested 3 suspects. The arrest of these suspects was made on Saturday, 16th December 2017 at their various homes at Bantama. The three suspects and their 4 accomplices who are currently at large are all students\u2026two of the 3 arrested are in SHS 1 and the other in JHS 3,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The video has sparked massive outrage in the country with majority of Ghanaians calling on the Police to ensure that the boys are prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>The about five minutes video shows an underage girl pinned to a mattress by one of her abusers while his accomplices take turns to perform sexual acts on her.<\/p>\n<p>The victim who was resisting her attackers all-through the ordeal was restrained from escaping by her abusers who appeared to be having fun with the torture.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: classfmonline.com 2017-12-19 Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba The Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Otiko Afisah Djaba has condemned the gang rape of a young girl in Bamtama, a suburb of the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi. 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