The Volta Regional Police Command has identified defilement as one of the major crimes threatening the lives of children in the region.
The Command says it’s the latest analysis on crime disclosed that defilement d other sexual violence against children was top on the list of crimes.
The Regional Public Affairs Director DSP Afia Tenge revealed on Nyankonton Mu Nsem on Rainbow Radio 87.5Fm that available statics has shown that between 2019 and 2020, 335 cases of defilement were recorded.
She said although the year 2021 was yet to end, 108 cases of defilement have been recorded.
According to her, one single case of defilement was terrible, and the Police have consistently advised families not to treat such cases as family issues.
She said defilement and sexual violence against children are serious criminal offences punishable by the laws of Ghana and only a competent court of jurisdiction has the mandate to preside over such cases and pronounce judgment.
She said the Police in the region is currently embarking on sensitization programmes with all stakeholders in the region to address the matter.
She added that the era where death threats were used to scare victims of sexual violence was over.
She encouraged victims and their families to speak up, break the silence and have persons who defile their children arrested and prosecuted.
Another disturbing factor she lamented was the abuse of minor boys in the region.
She assured residents the Police will put in measures to deal with all these cases and have the offenders prosecuted.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana