A former Attorney General, Mrs Marietta Brew-Appiah Oppon says she will follow up to ensure that justice is served in the case of the 19-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her Lebanese boss in Accra last Saturday.
The suspect, Haddad Rabih, is alleged to have forcibly had sex with the victim around 5 p.m on Saturday in the absence of his wife and other occupants of his household.
Rabih is also said have subjected the victim to severe beatings for resisting his sexual demands.
Speaking on the matter, Mrs Brew-Appiah Oppong said: "Very often by the time you become aware of a situation like this, time has elapsed and evidence is lost and it becomes very difficult to follow up on it. That is why we are very keen on following up on this one to make sure the proper investigation and prosecution is done".
Background
Rabih was arrested on Sunday night.
Graphic Online’s Mabel Aku Baneseh reported that four policemen from the East Legon District Police Command arrested him around 11:45 pm on Sunday.
The suspect, Graphic Online gathered forcibly had sex with the victim around 5 pm on Saturday in the absence of his wife and other occupants of his household after subjecting her to severe beatings for resisting his demands.
The incident happened at Airport Hills residential area.
The Commander of the East Legon District Command, Superintendent Cephas Arthur, told Graphic Online that investigations were ongoing.
He said the suspect would be processed for court after investigations.
The Ordeal
Narrating her ordeal to Graphic Online, after seeking medical care, the victim (name withheld), who speaks only Ewe and French, said the suspect beat her up mercilessly after she refused to accede to his demands for the second time.
He slapped her twice on the face, finally overpowered her and dragged her to his bedroom to rape her.
According to the victim who could barely turn her neck, she had been in the employment of the suspect from the month of November but was persistently harassed by him for sex anytime his wife was not at home.
She said last Saturday’s event was the fourth time the suspect had raped her in a total of two separate encounters.
Narrating how it happened, she said the suspect directed her to have her bath after his wife, another househelp and his children had left home.
After her shower, the suspect allegedly directed her to his kitchen, which was close to the master bedroom to prepare him coffee.
She obliged after he refused to allow her to dress properly after bathing.
On reaching the kitchen, he locked the door but her attempt to escape was not successful.
The victim said Rabih threw her out of the room after raping her twice. She bled after the act.
Help
The victim said she sought help from some police officers on duty at a nearby house.
The police officers, she noted, apprehended the suspect and took him to the Airport Police Station but on reaching there, a policewoman on duty led the team back to the suspect’s home.
On reaching the house, the policewoman allegedly took GH¢350 being her [victim] salary for the month of November 2017, from the suspect and handed it over to her.
The victim said the policewoman stayed on until she had packed her belongings out of the suspect’s home.
Assistance
A good Samaritan directed the girl and her relatives to report the matter to the East Legon District Police Command a day after the incident.
The Police Command issued her with a medical report on Sunday to undergo medical examination.
Summon
Additional information gathered by Graphic Online indicates that the Airport Divisional Police Command has summoned officers who were on duty on Saturday, December 2, 2017, for an emergency meeting to explain why the victim was not taken through standard protocol.
Victim’s Father
The victim’s father ,said he was home around 10 pm on Saturday when a policeman in the company of another woman dropped off the victim.
He said it was after they left that his daughter told him of her ordeal.
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Source: Daily Graphic
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Ghana Paaa,' we sit down and allow these Arabian fuouls to maltreate our woman and even raped them, the police should have shot him dead,. Another Lebanese had the gust and smeared hot pepper on the eyes of a Ghanaian lady working for him, couple years ago a Lebanese Man was also seen urinating in bucket his Ghanaian worker used to drink water, these I'd!ots don't respect us all, the earlier we teach bitter lessons the better for us people, the most annoying thing is back in their country, you dare not speak or ask for direction from a woman even if you have lost your way, they respect their woman who are always behind that black veil more than our mothers and women, look at what is happening in Libya, another Arabian country, they think they have customize evil,. But they should watch out, if the system doesn't fight for us, we definitely fight for ourselves, we are not going to sit down and allow these p!gs who have spoiled their country with war to perpetrate these atrocities to women
He should be locked up for life, in Arabia world you can't even talk or look at their women and he is in Ghana here doing this to our own Ghana ladies, sometime I wonder if the Ghana authorities do check up on their status in this country cause this country wide open to everybody to come free and do what they want. Is about time we as Ghanaian to stand up and help each others, an African man can't do this in Europe or in the middle East. He is a sick and pick..period
This ***barred word*** has forgotten he is in our country.He must be dealt with accordingly. Our Police officers are not helping us at all, they take the laws into their own hands. We Ghanaians must rise up against rape cases in Ghana, it is becoming too rampant. God help us
I think the police lady should equally be put before the law courts for abatement of crime. For Christ sake, what was the interest of the woman in escorting the girl to the Lebanese man's house to collect her belongings and her salary than arresting the suspect? What was the interest of the police in dropping off the lady instead of doing what they are paid to do. Is this the Ghana our forefathers toiled for? So some people can actually be licensed to steal and engage in all matter of corrupt practices and walk free? As a matter of urgency the police administration should place the effected police officers under interdiction until proper investigation is carried out if indeed the police want the public to have trust in its ability to protect us.
Is he from Libya or Saudi Arabia? This is what they been doing to some of our relatives in their Land. Pigs!!!!
Is he a pig or a human being?
I trust mrs Brew to give the girl justice. This man must face the laws of our country
The way this police man is making his mouth flayaflaya like that, I suspect he is getting ready to take his bribe. Funny, the police man is calling the Lebanese whiteman hahahahaa
This man is dead!Mrs Marietta Brew-Appiah Oppong a lawyer who has helped Ghana to win a whole boundary dispute case to follow up this case waoooo.
THIS LEBO GUY SHOULD BE CASTRATED, SERVE JAIL SENTENCE AND SEND BACK HOME PERIOD