Man grabbed for illegal abortions
The suspect Godwin Dadzawa, 41, is said to have sexually abused the woman and extorted money from her |
A suspected fake doctor who demanded sex as payment for terminating the
pregnancy of a woman has been arrested at Chorkor Lantey Maami, near
Bukom, in Accra. The man, identified as Godwin Dadzawa, 41, is said to
have sexually abused the woman and extorted money from her.
The suspect, who claims to be a graduate nurse of
the University of Ghana, is said to have been practising as an abortion
specialist at Bukom.
The 22-year-old student, a resident of La, in
Accra, is said to have reported to the police that she was allegedly
locked up for four days by Dadzawa in his clinic where he aborted her
one-month old pregnancy.
When a search was conducted on him, the police
retrieved some accoutrements, including scissors and medical equipment,
suspected to be used for the termination of pregnancies at the fake
clinic.
They also found a bed suspected to be that on which
abortions were carried out, shelves with medicines which also served as
a dispensary, where victims could buy medicines off the counter.
Abortion
Briefing journalists, the La District Police
Commander, Chief Superintendent of Police Mr Oduro Aning, said the
victim claimed she found out she was pregnant in December 2016 and
decided to terminate the pregnancy since her boyfriend was not ready to
take responsibility for it.
With the help of a friend, Mr Aning said, the
victim got the contact of Dadzawa, who gave her the direction to his
clinic through a mobile phone call.
However, the victim was unable to pay the charge of
GH¢400 after the pregnancy was terminated and agreed with Dadzawa to
deposit her iPad with him, while she tried to raise the amount to offset
her bill.
Sexual abuse
When the victim finally managed to raise the
money, she claimed numerous efforts to get Dadzawa to receive the money
proved futile, as he gave excuses that he was either not in his clinic
or he had travelled.
The victim is said to have spent the money only to
receive a call from Dadzawa demanding the payment of her bill in
exchange for the iPad she had deposited.
The victim claimed she told Dadzawa she did not
have the money and asked for some grace period, but Dadzawa asked her to
see him in his office for proper negotiation, to which she obliged.
At the clinic, Dadzawa is said to have told the
victim to allow him to have sex with her in settlement of her bill after
which he would give her the iPad.
After a back and forth negotiation between the two,
the victim claimed she agreed to have sex with Dadzawa and they had
three bouts of unprotected sex in a room at the clinic.
After that, the victim requested her iPad, but
Dadzawa locked up the room and constantly had sex with her for four days
without allowing her to take her bath. He, however bought food for her.
Dadzawa is said to have promised to give the victim
GH¢400 in addition to her iPad but after the fourth day, she started
bleeding, compelling him to release her without fulfilling his promise.
Blackmail
When the police visited the said clinic, residents
of Chorkor Lantey Maami thronged the place, with some hooting at the
suspected fake doctor when he was brought out of a police van in
handcuffs.
Some of the residents claimed Dadzawa, who was
popularly referred to as doctor, had been known as a practising medical
doctor who attended to the medical needs of people in the area.
During interrogation, Dadzawa is reported to have told the police that he was being blackmailed by the young woman.
Although he admitted he was not a doctor, he
claimed the woman at the centre of the case was his girlfriend who
wanted to blackmail him because he could not meet her financial demands.
Some of the items retrieved from the clinic |
Source: graphic.com.gh
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