The young man who beat his daughter with electrical wire after accusing her of stealing his GHC20 has been arrested.
The suspect, Philemon Alowah, who is also a Trotro driver at Nnudu_Akwamu in the Eastern Region went into hiding after heavily beating his 9-year-old daughter and inflicting multiple wounds on her body.
According to reports, the suspect used electrical wire to whip his daughter after she allegedly stole his GHC20.
The incident happened on the 19th of August 2021 around 7p.m. in the evening.
Speaking with Atinka News Team, the victim, Abigail Ntiamoah, said her father started complaining of his missing GH 20 when he came from town.
The father then accused her of stealing the money and based on that, he started beating her with electrical wire.
The case was later reported to the Assembly Member of that area, Asare Patrick who decided to make an official complaint at the Frankadua Police Station.
Philemon Alowah who was on the run after the news broke was arrested at his hide out.
According to reports, the Assembly Member who reported the case to the police told the Suspect to go with him to sign a bond of good behaviour and when they got to the police, he was arrested.
He was arrested by the Frankadua Police awaiting prosecution for assaulting his daughter.
In other news: Strange money: I don’t want to get involved in any scandal- Ada MP
The Member of Parliament for Ada, Ms Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe Mensah says she does not believe in any form of lotto, money doubling or finding money at strange places and therefore had to return the money which hit her account without her knowledge.
The MP is said to have noticed an amount of GHC 133,000.00 deposited in her account on Friday, August 13, 2021.
But she reported the issue to the Police Commander of Parliament and her bank.
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Speaking on Atinka TV’s morning show, Ghana Nie, with Ekourba Gyasi Simpremu, the MP said politicians hardly get people to defend them when there are issues and she did not want to get herself into any scandal as a result of the money.
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