Seth Onomah, a 33-year-old father has been arraigned after he allegedly fingered his 20-month-old daughter while she was spending a few days with him.
According to report, the baby’s mother had died in 2011 and her grandmother took custody of her. Onomah went to Juvenile curt to complain that he denied access to his baby and was given the opportunity of seeing her on the last week of every month.
On July 27, 2012, Onomah took the baby to spend a few days with him and promised to return her to the grandmother but did not do so. His claimed the baby was sick and recuperating so he refused to return her.
The grandmother then went to the juvenile court and he was ordered to return the baby.
He later returned her to the grandmother together with some medicine. The grandmother took her home, and while bathing her in the evening the baby started crying when she wanted to wash her vagina. When the grandmother checked the child’s vagina, she realized that something was wrong.
She proceeded to lodge a complaint with the police who gave a form for the girl to be treated and a report to be submitted on her.
Onomah was dragged to court along with his nephew, Richard Boamah and brother-in-law, Isaac Denkyira.
They were remanded in police custody to reappear in court on December 18, 2013.
Narrating events leading to the arrest of the accused person, Detective Inspector Kofi Atimbire said the complainant is Margaret Ayeh, the grandmother of the victim with whom the baby lives at Ablekuma while the accused persons are relatives and live in the same house at Oblogo.
Explaining further, he said after the complainant reported the incident and the report was issued, the case docket was sent to the Attorney-General for advice and upon that the suspects were arraigned.
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