A 43 year old Ibrahim Adamu has defiled an eight old girl in a nearby maize farm in Duta,a suburb of Aflao in the Ketu South Municipality of the Volta Region.

The Assembly member of the Duta Electoral Area, Mr. Gabriel Ashitey said that the defiling of minors in the community is becoming rampant and residents are angry about how it puts the lives of their young girls in danger.

He revealed that this is the third time they are recording such cases in the area and in the first two cases, the suspects managed to escape prosecution for some reason he described as strange.

Mr. Ashitey said that he is of the hope that this particular one will face the full force of the law to serve as an example for others.

The Public Affairs Officer of the Volta Regional Police Command, Cpl. Prince Dogbatse who confirmed the defilement incident narrated that on that day, the victim was playing with her friends when the accused person, Ibrahim Adamu called her and dragged her into a nearby maize farm where he had canal knowledge of the minor.

The suspect was arrested after the girl reported the incident to her father.

The victim was then taken to the hospital where the doctor confirmed that the girl has been slept with.

Suspect, Ibrahim Adamu was subsequently arraigned before the Dzodze Magistrate Court on Monday, June 1, 2020, where the case was adjourned to Wednesday, June 17, 2020.