The Ghana Police Service has apprehended two suspects concerned within the torture of a 12-year-old boy. The video, which has since gone viral on social media, reveals the helpless sufferer stripped bare by the perpetrators, tied with a nylon rope and hanging from the roof of a constructing.
The assailants then proceeded to topic the boy to extreme lashes earlier than smearing his physique and personal components with what’s believed to be inexperienced pepper, while the sufferer screamed in anguish.
The video sparked public outrage, with many Ghanaians together with little one rights advocates calling for the rapid arrest of the assailants and demanding justice for the younger sufferer.
In a subsequent assertion dated Tuesday, twenty fourth June and signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the Western Regional Division, Olivia Adiku, the Police disclosed that the incident occurred at New Ankasa group close to Elubo within the area.
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The assertion famous that the sufferer was subjected to the assault for allegedly stealing 200 cedis. It additional said that two suspects have since been taken into custody to help with investigations.
The assertion learn:
Suspects Issah Morro, aged 58 years, and Suleman Abdul Rashid, 27 years, who have been seen within the video, have been arrested. The suspects are at the moment in Police custody helping with the investigation.
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In the meantime, the sufferer has obtained medical consideration and has been handed over to his father. The Command additional assured the general public of their security and urged all to report any suspicious or dangerous behaviour promptly to the closest Police Station.
