Primary School with name withheld for security purpose has been banished from Brohani in the Tain District by the Queen for reporting to the Police.
The 13 year old pupil who is currently seeking refuge at the expense of a Good Samaritan at Nsawkaw said she was lined up with another girl waiting to have
their genitals mutilated.
After hearing the cry of the other girl, who underwent the cruel act, she fled and went to inform her teacher, who subsequently
reported the issue to the Girl Child Coordinator of the Tain District Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES), Ms. Comfort Maanu.
Ms. Comfort Maanu, together with the girl and the teacher, reported the case to the Department of Social Welfare, and subsequently, a formal complaint was lodged with the Nsawkaw Police, which led to the arrest of the alleged perpetrators, including the Queenmother of Brohani, a relative of the girl, and the executor
of the FGM.
The Queenmother of Brohani is alleged to have threatened to have the girl killed anytime she steps foot in the community, a threat which has frightened the girl compelling her to seek refuge with a
Good Samaritan at Nsawkaw.
After the arrest of the three, the Nsawkaw Police referred the case to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in Wenchi, and the alleged perpetrators have since been released on bail.
Information gathered by some communities in the Tain and Banda districts of Brong-Ahafo indicates that the cruel act against girls is still ongoing under the charade of custom.
Despite efforts to combat the barbaric cultural practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in the country, some traditional leaders in some districts of the Brong-Ahafo Region are still encouraging it.
When the Deputy Regional DOVVSU Officer, ASP Setina Aboagye, was contacted, she said the regional office was yet to ascertain the
case. According to ASP Setina Aboagye, she would personally go to Nsawkaw on Friday, April 17, 2015, to follow up the matter.
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