» "I Wasn’t Gang Raped; I Agreed To Have Sex With Them" - 16-Year-Old «

A 16-year-old Junior High School student shocked parents
and police officers at Akyem Tafo District Police Command
in Ghana when she openly admitted that she consciously
allowed two Senior High School students to have sexual
intercourse with her in a room.
According to Ghana’s Daily Heritage newspaper, she also
denied the parents’ allegation of being gang raped by the
students.
Three second cycle students of the Institute of
Professional Studies at Akyem Kukurantumi in the Eastern
Region were arrested by the Kukurantumi Police for
allegedly gang-raping the 16- year-old Junior High School
student.
The suspects were arrested late last year, but were later
granted police enquiry bail after the shocking revelation by
the victim.
The Daily Heritage gathered that the parents of the victim
reported to the police that the three suspects had gang-
raped the victim after holding her hostage for days.
Police investigations led to the arrest of the suspects who
were trapped by the victim to spend the night with her
again.
The suspects were kept in police custody for further
investigations for prosecution to begin; however, during
interrogation by the Criminal Investigations Department in
the presence of the family of the victims, the victim
explained that, one of the suspects was her boyfriend so
after evening studies, she decided to pass the night in his
room which he shares with his friends.
The victim admitted consciously having sexual intercourse
twice with the boyfriend and once with his boyfriend’s
friend in the absence of the boyfriend since she fell in love
with him (friend to her boyfriend).
The victim, however, denied having sexual intercourse with
the third suspect during police interrogation.
The Akyem Tafo District Police Commander, DSP Agyenim
Boateng, told The Daily Heritage that, the victim even
though admitted having sexual intercourse with the two
suspects, was not forced, hence, rendering the “ingredient
of rape negligible to substantiate because it clearly
appears to be a sexual intercourse which was consented
to by the parties involved, therefore, it would be
unreasonable to continuously detain the suspects.”
The police, thus, granted the suspects police enquiry bail
with surety, while the docket is being prepared to the
Attorney General’s office for advice.