The Koforidua Circuit Court ‘B’ has sentenced former Police Corporal Emmanuel Nyame to 12 years in imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl in 2019.
The convict, who was dismissed from the service following the incident, was found guilty of luring, assaulting, and threatening the child, who was at the time living with his fiancée.
Presenting the facts of the case, Regional State Attorney Emily Addo-Kyereh detailed that the crime occurred on April 11, 2019. The prosecution stated that Emmanuel Nyame, a former officer with Motor Traffic and Transport Department of Ghana Police Service stationed in Koforidua,took advantage of his fiancée’s absence to orchestrate the sexual assault.
He took the victim under the pretext of running an errand, driving her to various locations including a drinking spot called Timberland and a funeral ground, before finally taking her to his room at the Nsukwao Police Barracks near Ghateco.
Once inside the room, Nyame forcibly had sexual intercourse with the girl despite her resistance. After the act, he threatened her, warning that she should not tell anyone or “else will die.”
The victim later confided in a cousin, which led to her father being informed.
A formal report was made to the police, and a medical examination confirmed the sexual assault.
Despite denying the offense in his initial statement, Nyame was charged.
However, he jumped bail on August 13, 2019. Investigations revealed he had fled Ghana for Dubai via Togo. A bench warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was declared wanted.
On June 21, 2024, upon his return to Ghana, Immigration Service officials arrested him at Kotoka International Airport and handed him over to the police.
In court, Defence Counsel Francis Xavier Sosu applied for bail, arguing that his client was a first-time offender. The application was refused by the court.
The Presiding Judge found Nyame culpable based on the evidence, including the medical report and witness accounts, and sentenced him to 12 years in prison on Thursday October 16,2025.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
