“I asked him why he did what he did, and if he knew it could end him in jail. He said nothing can be done about it because he is a CID officer and he is the law himself so nothing can be done to him and that I was really talking nonsense”, these are the words of a 22-year old lady who went through the unfortunate experience of being raped by a policeman.
Abena (not real name), was abducted by a policeman on her way home from work. The officer, Corporal Sampson Kevin Edem, with the Airport Police Division, apparently carried out this action to ‘teach’ Abena a ‘lesson’ after she refused to accept his proposal and heed to his advances.
Narrating her ordeal in an interview with GHOne tv, Abena said “I closed from work that day and was going home. Before, he had proposed to me several times and I turned it down because of what I heard people saying about him and all that. My mother even advised me because of those issues. He went like why would he propose to me and I wouldn’t respond to him, no one has ever rejected or turned his proposal down and then I said, I’m not like all those girls, I’m different”.
She recounted being forced into the car which was open on her way back from work and being forced to keep quiet by an accomplice in the car with the policeman.
On arrival, at the Madina Reco flat she explained, “He opened the door and said I should sit down and I said I won’t. I was standing and then he pushed me and my head hit the wall and I felt a sharp pain. I don’t know what happened again but when I opened my eyes, I was on his bed and I was naked and I asked him what had happened but already I felt some sharp pain and I realized I was naked so he had had sex with me”.
Abena, has not been able to overcome the trauma she faced since the dreadful incident and she may just be considering that the words of the policeman “I’m the law myself, nothing will be done to me” may have been true after all because efforts to deal with the issue and bring the man involved to book have proved futile.
The matter which was reported to the Madina branch of DOVVSU and the CID headquarters in Accra, is yet to receive any response.
This may not be the only incident where a police officer, in his capacity as a law enforcer, has engaged in wrongdoing or a criminal offence. There have been reports in the past where police officers have been engaged in robbery events and or have connived with armed robbers to carry out operations. There’ve also been incidents where policemen have been engaged in wrongful activities including the sale of hard drugs.
This raises a lot of questions particularly in the minds of the ordinary citizen who looks to the police service for defence and shield from wrong doers and criminals. How safe are we as a country, as a people, if the very same institutions set up to protect citizens are abusing the power given to them.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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Go back and read well, she said her head was hit on a wall and she felt some pain, the next inute she realized she was nak3d* on the man's bed, it could be that something was done to her to make her feel drowsy. This man must know that he is not above the law and must face the laws of the country
I find the story painful but also pathetic that our young girls are so vulnerable. If the two guys in the car were not holding a gun to her throat, what stopped her from shouting for help even as the car sped off? Second, why did she follow the policeman to his room unless she was bundled out of the car? Our young girls are naive and need education on how to save themselves from such snares and or attacks. The account is deficient in so far as the reporter does nothing by way of educating young girls against such rapists and their trickery. I'll let my 23 year old girl read this story first thing tomorrow morning. She's been talking on phone to someone undertones about 18 hours today. She could be lured and so abused if that person is male and gets her to his place. I'm going to nip that in the bud SHARP!!!
Ewe.s
Ghana! Oh! Ghana! This policeman MUST be in JAIL right away.
where is Otiko? someone please wake her up. This is nauseating to say the least.
The effrontery from that block headed policeman that "he is the law". Sampson Kevin Edem should be awaken that we have lawyers and Judges languishing in jail and if he says he is that law. Ghana police service we are watching!!!
Some of us are following this case with eagle eyes and keen interest waiting on which strong action the police command intends to take after this news has been aired. If no proper action is taken,then heads will definitely row.
The police command needs to sit up because the public loose confidence in the police when we hear these news and apparently the police command behave as if there have not heard it. Meanwhile, when a policeman is attacked, we hear that those culprits are apprehended the next moment. Are the police fooling the public or what? It will come a time that civilian will start dealing with policemen in their own way and forget about the law. These cases are coming too many in the police service. Very soon the civilian population will advice themselves if the police pretend not to hear and see evil deeds among their ranks
You think you can rape a girl and go free because you are the law. You raped the wrong girl my friend. There is something that is more powerful than the law. Wait and see.
I hope this ***barred word*** and his accomplice are on leave without pay. As soon as investigated is completed, they must be fired