Thursday 20th February, 2020
By
A.B. Kafui Kanyi, GNA
Ho, Feb. 20, GNA –
Police in Ho have rescued 14 children trafficked from Tatale in the Northern
Region to Adjena, near Akosombo in the Eastern Region, to work on vegetable
farms.
The children, eleven
boys and three girls, aged 10 to 16, were rescued in transit at Juapong in the
Volta Region on February 07.
A press release from
the Regional Police Command said the traffickers; Owusu Dever, 42, and Ndonda
Nakoja, 74, were standing trial in a Ho Circuit Court.
The release said
investigations showed that parents of the children would receive GH¢2,000.00 on
each child, a year, for working on the farm.
It said the victims
were being held temporarily by the police whiles arrangements were made to
reintegrate them with their families.
The release
cautioned the public against such activities and that culprits would be dealt
with according to Ghana’s laws.
GNA