Audio By Carbonatix
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DVVSU) in the Central Region are looking for a woman who allegedly locked up her 8-year-old twin daughters in the room from morning to evening without food.
The region’s DOVVSU director says the woman has denied the children access to education since infancy and exposed them to harm.
Joy News’ Central Regional correspondent Richard Kojo Nyarko reports that the woman’s neighbour who happens to be a journalist, Mary Aba Bawa, alerted the police who consequently broke into the woman’s room to save the girls.
He said the father of the children who is 74 years old reported at the offices of the DOVVSU to give his side of the story.
The old man is said to have suffered a series of beatings at the hands of his wife (who is known to be violent) which resulted in the separation of the couple.
In a related development, a mother of a set of quadruplets in Kwasimintim in the Western Region is also reported to be meting out inhuman treatments to her children.
She has mothered seven children including the quadruplets.
Joy News’ correspondent Kwaku Owusu Peprah reported that the unemployed woman locks up the children and goes out to beg for alms or uses them to beg for alms on other days when the conditions get tough.
They are said to be living in a dilapidated place.
According to Kwaku Owusu Peprah, the woman said she has no other option but to beg for alms as she is unable to make ends meet to look after her large family.
The social welfare department in the region is therefore considering looking for a better place for the children.
Source: Myjoyonline.com/Ghana
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Tags:
DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.
Latest Stories
-
Alidu Seidu joins OGC Nice on loan
5 minutes -
Thunderstorms, rain expected across several regions this evening – GMet
7 minutes -
Ten female entrepreneurs graduate from the Standard Chartered Foundation Women in Tech Accelerator
20 minutes -
AUCB invests first Chancellor as stakeholders chart new direction for university
27 minutes -
The 4,126-kilometre journey of three African wild dogs
28 minutes -
Tano North MP responds to constituents’ concerns with 100 streetlights
29 minutes -
Narcotic seizure probe: Minority says inter-agency task force cannot replace parliamentary inquiry
35 minutes -
MUSIGA opens applications for SheRhythms Festival 2026
36 minutes -
Agbogbloshie site to be transformed into industrial park after waste evacuation – Mahama
45 minutes -
Parents urged to raise children with love, open communication to curb teenage pregnancy
45 minutes -
Newly invested AUCB Chancellor outlines five-point vision
52 minutes -
Counsellor Lutterodt’s free prostate screening initiative draws over 160 men in Accra
54 minutes -
Ghana launches strategic plan to reduce heavy metals in food
55 minutes -
“Soldiers will not only go to war” – Mahama announces expanded role in emergency operations for 48 Engineer Regiment
57 minutes -
Police begin operation to move migrants from Ceuta beaches
1 hour