An unemployed 23-year-old is awaiting trial at an Accra circuit court for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in a washroom at Accra’s Independence Square.
Richard Okeke, a Nigerian living in Tudu, a suburb of Accra, allegedly lured the victim when she was on her way to Kantanmanso, another Accra suburb. A security guard who arrived at the scene arrested both the accused and the alleged victim.
Okeke, who admitted the offence, but later pleaded not guilty of defilement, has been remanded in custody to re-appear before the court in November.
On October 2013, at about 6:30 a.m., the victim left home to collect money from her father at Kantanmanso for her upkeep. According to the prosecutor, Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbere, Okeke met the victim on the way, gave her GH¢2.00, and later lured her into one of the washrooms at the Independence Square where they had sex. The security guard caught them in the act whilst patrolling, carried out the arrest and reported the incident to the Domestic Violence Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU).
“The police medical report form was issued, and police accompanied [the] victim to the hospital for examination, treatment and report. The accused admitted the offence in his caution statement,” the prosecutor stated.
