Date: Sep 14 , 2019 .BY: Benjamin Xornam Glover
The Tema Regional Police Command has arrested two young men
believed to have taken part in an alleged gang rape and robbery of at least
three women on different occasions in the Ada East District in the Greater Accra
The alleged suspects
were busted by the police on September 6, 2019.
Their modus operandi included luring the
unsuspecting victims to their base at Ada Foah, physically attacking and raping
them before bolting with their personal belongings such as mobile phones and
money.
The two, Winfred
Mohammed Dakeh, 24, unemployed, and Abraham Tetiafor, 19, an undertaker, are
currently in police cells at the Ada Divisional Police Station, where the case
has been transferred to, pending further investigation.
Speaking to journalists
in Tema last Tuesday, the Tema Regional Police Commander, Deputy Commissioner
of Police, (DCOP), Mr Edward Johnson Oyirifi-Akrofi, said on August 28, 2019,
suspect Dakeh managed to lure one of the victims named Angel Nikuroki (aged 21)
to a location near the abandoned Colonial Prison Quarters at Ada Foah. He said
on arrival, Dakeh and his accomplice, Tetiafor, gang raped her and took her
purse containing an amount of GH₵400 and an Infinix mobile phone.
Second victim
Mr Oyirifi-Akrofi said
on another occasion, August 30, 2019, the duo lured another lady, a Nigerian,
Dora Anayuye, to the same abandoned structure at Ada Foah. The second victim,
he said, got there around 11:30 p.m. and was met by the same Dakeh and his
accomplice who gang raped her in the same old building and robbed her of her
Huawei mobile phone, a purse containing GH₵100 and travelling bag containing
dresses.
The lady later reported
the attack on her to the police at the Ada Foah Police Station.
According to the Tema Regional Police Commander, the third incident involving
the two suspects was recorded on September 5, 2019 when they (suspects) managed
to lure another Nigerian, Mercy Godwin, aged 25, from Ashaiman to Ada Foah.
He said the victim arrived
at Ada Foah at about 11:20 p.m. from Ashaiman. She was met by the suspects who
came to pick her up to an unknown location. He said the suspects pulled a knife
and scissors on the victim, took turns to have sex with her on the ground,
seized her mobile phone and bolted.
Arrest
The Tema Regional Police Commander said based on a series of reports lodged by
the victims at the Ada Foah Police Station, the police intensified their
investigations.
They followed vital
leads and managed to arrest Dakeh on September 6, 2019. He later led the police
to Kajanya, near Totimekope, where his accomplice was also arrested.
He said as part of the
investigations, the Ada Divisional Police Command would embark on an
identification parade to give an opportunity to victims of rape, robberies and
other violent crimes to identify their assailants for fast-track investigations
and prosecution.
He urged crime victims
to visit the police station at Ada Foah to assist in the identification.
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