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Tema District Court became centre of attraction when sensational TikTok couple, Daniel Chayah alias Godpapa The Greatest, and his wife Jocelyn Chayah alias Empress Lupita made their first appearance at the TDC Magistrate Court following their arrest.

The two famous couple suspected to be mentally unstable attracted huge crowd who besieged the court premises to have a glimpse of them at the court where they have been remanded into police custody over the death of their two children.

The self-acclaimed preacher of the gospel and his romantic wife are facing charges including murder.

They have been accused of killing two of their three children.

Although their plea were not taken, their charges were read to them before being remanded by the court.

On May 25, police arrested the couple who reside at Community 5, and arraigned them before the TDC Magistrate Court on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Godpapa The Greatest and Empress Lupita were arrested after their second child El Shaa in an interview with Kofi Adoma of Kofi Tv disclosed that his parents murdered his elder brother called El Waa.

The 8-year-old son of the couple narrated that, his parents poisoned gari soakings prepared for his late elder brother to eat, and when he ‘refused to die’, they dug the ground and buried him alive in their backyard.

Shockingly, Empress Lupita ‘admitted’ to killing one of her sons because he was possessed by evil spirits.

She claimed that her husband, Pastor Dan, aka Godpapa The Greatest, saw the boy’s future and said if they allowed him to live, he would give birth to more demons who would torment Ghana, so they ended up killing him and using him as a sacrifice.

Empress Lupita stressed that their action was right for Ghana because their son would have caused real trouble in the country.

It is alleged the couple are having mental challenges and must be assisted to overcome their health problems.

The couple are to reappear in court on June 15, 2023.

Source: Daily guide network

Jacob Tetteh, a community police officer has allegedly raped the daughter of CID boss at Yilo Krobo township close to Koforidua.

The suspect, Jacob Tetteh has been accused of raping the CID’s 13-year-old daughter, leaving her bruised and unable to walk.

A video that captures the report has since surfaced online as netizens react.

According to the details gathered, Jacob serves as a servant in the house of the CID boss.

The wife of the CID on the day of the incident sent Jacob on an errand to deliver goods to her house.

Upon arriving, he stumbled on the 13-year-old asleep and sadly took the evil course.

The 13-year-old was reportedly taken to the hospital after the incident.

Source: Occupy.net

13-year-old JHS Two pupil of Agona Swedru Methodist B Godfred Ankomah has met his untimely death after his Class teacher allegedly caned him.

Speaking to journalists, the mother of the Deceased Beatrice White revealed that Madam Millicent gave her son six lashes after he failed to score higher marks.

Beatrice White indicates that Madam Milicent allegedly hit her son’s spinal cord leading to his death.

The deceased's mother also said her son started vomiting blood before dying.

She is appealing to authorities to investigate the situation and seek justice for her son.

By uniquenewsgh.com

Viral GH TikTok couple, Empress Lupita and Godpapa The Greatest have been nabbed by the police for their alleged involvement in the death of their two children.

A video from the arrest that has surfaced on the internet captures the moment the police stormed the viral couple’s house to drag Godpapa The Greatest to the police station to assist the security force in investigations.

In the video, Empress Lupita alleged in the background that the current IGP is behind her husband’s arrest.

Godpapa The Greatest on the other hand calmly agreed to go to the police station to assist in the launched investigations.

Reportedly, the arrest of Godpapa The Greatest follows after his second child named El Saa alleged in an interview with Kofi Adoma two days ago that his parents murdered his elder brother called El Waa.

According to the 8-year-old boy, his parents poisoned gari soakings for his late elder brother to eat and when he ‘refused to die’ – They decided to bury him alive in their backyard.

He also made other shocking revelations as to how his mother and father will sometimes defecate inside a bucket and later blend it to prepare soup for them to eat with banku.

Meanwhile, Empress Lupita ‘admitted’ to killing one of her sons during an interview with Kofi Adoma just three days ago because he was possessed by evil spirits.

She claimed that her husband, Pastor Dan, aka Godpapa The Greatest saw the future of the boy and said if they allowed the boy to live, he would give birth to more demons who would torment Ghana so they ended up killing him and used him as a sacrifice.

Empress Lupita added that the action they took was right for Ghana because their son would have caused real trouble in the country.

A 45-year-old man, Kwabena Yehoah has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and defiling a 15 -year-old girl at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East District of the Central Region of Ghana.

According to reports, the victim left home after visiting her sister at Ofaakor and since then she was nowhere to be found.

The Suspect is said to have seen the victim in the community and dragged her to his room, defiled her, and locked her.

He reported having bought her food whenever he returned from work but turned her into a sex machine and had sex with her anytime he likes .

According to residents, they regularly heard the sound of someone moaning coming from the suspect’s room which led them to report the issue to the Police.

Kasoa Ofaakor Police invaded the suspect’s house and found the victim tied with a rope in the corner of one of the rooms and got him arrested.

The victim was sent to the Hospital for a medical checkup.

The Suspect is currently in custody assisting police with the investigations.

Source: Kasapa FM

The Bibiani Circuit Court has remanded a 24-year-old National Service Person at Sehwi Asawinso Methodist Primary B to three weeks in police custody for allegedly defiling three pupils in the Sehwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North Region of Ghana.

The accused, Bismark Ansu, is a Class 2 teacher of the three victims.

According to reports, in January this year, he organised extra classes for his pupils in his house with a claim that he needed to complete the syllabus of the academic year, without the knowledge of the school authorities.

Bismark Ansu, however, took advantage of the extra classes to lure three of the pupils – who are between the ages of eight and nine years old – to have sexual intercourse.

He threatened to kill them if they disclose their ordeal to anyone.

After some weeks of the alleged sexual assault, the parents of the victims noticed abnormal blood discharges from their daughters’ private part and upon interrogation, they disclosed the ordeal.

A report was made to the police at Sehwi Asawinso and a medical form was issued to the complainants to take the victims to any government hospital for examination, treatment, and endorsement, all of which corroborated the defilement claims.

The accused person was subsequently arrested and was charged with three offenses: i) threat of death contrary to Section 75 of the Criminal Offences 1960 [ACT 29], ii) defilement contrary to Section 101 of Criminal Offences 1960 [ACT 29], and iii) threat of harm contrary to Section 74 of the Criminal Offences 1960 [ACT 29] and was put before the Bibiani Circuit Court.

Suspect Ansu has been remanded and is to reappear on Monday, May 29 after the court heard the details of the cases.

Meanwhile, the victims are responding to treatment.

Source:3news.com

Assin Fosu District Court presided by His Worship Abdul Majid Iliasu has remanded 34-year-old Robert Kwame Kobi into police custody for two weeks.

The suspect is said to have subjected his 14-year-old son to mutilation and torture . According to reports the young boy has gone missing and the father has been anxiously searching for him for two days only for him to be caught him at a game centre in the area.

Chief Inspector Benjamin Doe Kuwornu told the court that the father started to discipline the child right at the game centre where he found him.

The prosecutor continued that, the father sent the child home and used a cutlass to beat him further so when the child could no longer endure the pain inflicted on him, he used his both hands to grab the cutlass.

The father then pulled the cutlass which eventually slashed his both palms after that, the father brought the child out of the room in the pool of blood, tie his both hands and legs with a rope and smeared his body with grinded pepper and put him under the scorching sun.

A certain woman who was passing by saw the cruel act being unleashed on the child by his own father and rushed to the police station to file a complaint.

The police hurriedly went to the scene to arrest the father in the act where he was busily subjecting the boy to torture.

The suspect was arraigned before court and pleaded guilty with an explanation, however, the court ordered that a psychiatric examination be conducted on the suspect.

The case has been adjourned to 19th May 2023.

 Twenty-one people have been convicted for their parts in the largest ever child sex abuse case investigated by West Midlands Police.
The offending against seven children, who were 12 years old or younger, took place over nearly a decade in Walsall and Wolverhampton.
The abuse came to light after concerns were raised following a hospital visit by one of the victims.
Thirteen of the defendants have been jailed with four to be sentenced later.
The offences against the children were "some of the most shocking abuse that I've seen in my career", Det Ch Supt Paul Drover said.
"They have been through a significant amounts of trauma. To get the confidence to come forward and to talk to care professionals, to police is huge and I am genuinely thankful," he added.

Source: BBC News

Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, has disclosed that within the last year 463 cases of child abuse have been reported. Of this number, 126 were of a sexual nature.

These startling figures were revealed on Wednesday during the 2023/2024 Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure debate in Parliament, where Humphrey, who recently supported the new Child Protection Bill, said that the figures of abuse cases being reported to the Child Care Board, have been worrying.

“The Child Care Board over the course of the last few years has been dealing with cases of abuse. In the period 2019 to 2020, there were 495 cases of abuse of children. In 2020 to 2021 437 cases of abuse reported; in 2021 to 2022, 538 cases, and between April 2022 and January 2023, 462 cases of abuse.”

He added: “If you consider last year, the sexual abuse cases last year were 126…that is a sexual abuse case every three days. Therefore the legislation that is guiding the ministry, must be legislation that is fit-for-purpose.”

Under the proposed legislation, a person found to be engaging in cruelty or abuse towards a minor, will be “liable on summary conviction to a fine of $100 000 or to imprisonment for a term of 10 years or to both”.

The 2023-24 Estimates Debate on Wednesday also heard that discussions with a wide range of agencies have already taken place regarding the mandatory reporting of child abuse cases, which forms part of the pending Child Protection legislation.

In response to a question during the debate from Member of Parliament for St Philip North, Dr Sonia Browne, Director of the Child Care Board, Roseann Richards, told the Lower House that, “There is a section of the new legislation that outlines the personnel who will deal with such matters, ranging from parents, medical practitioners, mental health professionals, teachers, social workers, the police and those who collect data from the Internet if the incident is, for whatever reason, posted there

“In terms of the school system, presently if teachers suspect one of their students is in an abusive situation, they can report the matter to the guidance counsellor who will then speak to the student, and from there the principal will address it and report to the Child Care Board or law enforcement if necessary.”

When asked whether further training will be provided for the parties involved, Minister of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs, Kirk Humphrey, stated that “We have been discussing the matter with the Ministry of Education and Cabinet has agreed that training should be provided for the various stakeholders, and we have already started the discussion process. For example, in October 2022 there was a workshop held for members of the Barbados Police Service on how to treat to child abuse cases.”

Dr. Browne also queried what provisions were being made for children who had ‘aged out’ of the island’s children’s homes, especially since the closure of the Stirling Children’s Home in her constituency which was being used for that purpose. Richards responded: “We are planning to start a new facility in Bullens in St. James, and will also be building one or two cottages that they can live in for a while until they find a more permanent residence.”

On the issues of domestic violence and child maintenance, Dr. Browne lamented that while “some of the measures sound good on paper” they are often not implemented.

“I have heard some women say they would rather become sex workers than deal with the Welfare Department. What is being done to address training? There was also a situation where a woman with five children was put out of a safe house because the person in charge complained that her children were too noisy.”

Chief Welfare Officer, Deborah Norville noted, “We have a Family Services section within the department that deals with marital breakdowns, child maintenance, child access and child custody, and we meet with the parties involved, give them counselling, and then prepare a report for the court, which will then be used to address these issues from a legal perspective.”

Addressing the topic of domestic violence, Programme Officer with the Bureau of Gender Affairs, William Warner, said that Government established a National Committee on Domestic Violence in 2019 comprising various agencies and that that group would be meeting shortly to devise an action plan.

By Anesta Henry

Before any decision is made regarding abolishing corporal punishment, the Government must first consult with stakeholders and interest groups.
Minister of Home Affairs and Information Wilfred Abrahams made this position clear as he responded to the call from Member of Parliament Marsha Caddle for an end to corporal punishment in schools.
“This is something that has to be looked at seriously and a decision taken one way or another. Right now there is protection for children so that you can’t abuse a child.
“Even if a parent can legally punish their child, there is a point at which it passes correction into abuse and then the law can deal harshly with that parent. There is a point with teachers, it passes correction into abuse and the law will deal harshly with it. It is something that we have to look at,” Abrahams said.
Speaking during Friday’s post-Cabinet press conference, at Parliament Buildings, Abraham announced that the Child Protection Bill 2022 will be laid before the House of Assembly soon. He said the issue of making corporal punishment unlawful in Barbados has been around for many years with Barbadians being divided on their views.
“That is one that has been floating around for quite a while and if you go and do a poll of Bajans, you will get that division down the middle. You will get people who are animated on either side of the fence. Times have changed, perceptions have changed, ways to deal with children have changed.
“If you just look at our child protection legislation, our child justice legislation, even the ways of dealing with children that will guarantee a stern response before, the aim now is to try to meet that child to find out where that child is and to find the best solution for that child.
“Even talking practically, for some children, you beat a child until the cows come home and that child ain’t changing nothing. For other children, just the threat of it will change their behaviour. For some children, a lash changes them.”
On Wednesday, as she delivered remarks during the I am A Girl workshop for female secondary schools students, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre in recognition of International Women’s Day, Caddle said that as society tries to eliminate various forms of abuse, the use of corporal punishment needs to be re-examined. She said she viewed corporal punishment as “state-sanctioned abuse of children”.
Minister Abrahams, who acknowledged that Caddle had the right to hold her views on the matter, said a decision on corporal punishment must coincide with the rights of the child and achieve the Government’s goals of securing the best options, future and possibilities for the nation’s children.
“Marsha as a member of this Government… everybody is encouraged to be able to embrace their views. We will not always have the exact same view. I am not saying that my view is different to hers but as a minister I have to also consider and factor the collective responsibility of Cabinet.
“So as a minister I am not at liberty to even tender my own personal view at this point in time. That is something that has to be contemplated and dealt with as a Government in terms of reform of legislation if necessary. Member of Parliament Caddle is known for speaking her views and she is in a position to do so, “ Abrahams said.
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In Thabampshe village in Masemola policing area, a 55-year-old man was arrested in connection with the brutal murder of a 2-year-old boy on Sunday, 30 April 2023.

The suspect allegedly started a fight with his niece and smashed the boy's head against the floor where he succumbed to the injuries.