A man in his 40s has been put in jail detention in Yendi on suspicion of defiling and infecting a 14-year-old girl with HIV and TB.
The upsetting occurrence, which occurred in January of this year, has resulted in major health consequences for the young victim.
The accused, who was apparently working as a contractor on the Gushegu town roadways, is now facing legal prosecution for his claimed activities.
Awuni Tia, the victim’s father, voiced his shock and concern over the occurrence, stating that his daughter developed TB and HIV as a result of the attack.
“After they bailed him out about six months now, no one cares and we realized that this boy is going to cheat us because when we went to Tamale again after going through the report, first was tuberculosis second was HIV. But they put her on drugs and the stomach was the most complicated thing and they could not identify the problem,” he stated.
The suspect reportedly frightened the little girl, telling her not to tell anybody about the event and threatening her with death if she did.
As a result, she kept quiet about the traumatising event until her family recognised her declining health.
“There was a day the girl was having a problem and we didn’t know what the problem was because she was bleeding every day. So we got to find out that she is seriously sick so when we sent her to the hospital, they did a lot of tests and they could not find anything.”
“So we came home after a week and she got malaria again for two months. So from that we realised that she was defiled by a man called Alhassan Yakubu Kamgbala. So when we approached him, he also accepted that it was a mistake. We reported to the police station and they arrested the boy and finally, they bailed him out,” Mr Tia indicated.
