The Dean of Students for the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho in the Volta Region has been implicated in an alleged rape of a student who is said to have been in her menses as at the time the Dean is alleged to have forced himself on her.
In a rather interesting twist to the unfortunate story, a top police officer is said to have attempted to kill the story but was stopped by the intervention of the IGP, Dr. George Akuffo Dampare whose intervention was sought by the victim.
The man at the center of the incident, Dr. Kwabena Obeng Duedu, having been implicated by the Sexual Harassment Committee of the University has been barred from holding any management position in the School.
The committee has further referred the victim to receive intensive psychotherapy to alleviate the psychological trauma she has suffered.
This portal has learned that Dr. Duedu, before the unfortunate incident was being groomed to occupy the position of Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University.
The Victim is said to have travelled from Tema to the Campus of UHAS to receive two recommendation letters to enable her pursue a post-graduate degree, where she met Dr. Duedu.
The Senior lecturer is reported to have called the 22-year-old in the evening to ask about her whereabouts, only to be told that she was preparing to return home to Tema.
The lady explained her frustrations at getting a vehicle at the State Transport Company (STC) terminal to the former Dean and how she planned on sleeping at a guest house until the morning.
Dr Duedu then asked her to wait for him at the terminal and then took her to a guest house where he had already made reservations for her in his name even though the lady had enough money to pay for it herself.
She then cancelled that reservation and made a new one in her name.
When she was done, the lecturer followed her into her room, and it was there he forced himself on her, The Chronicle reported.
The lady returned to Tema the following day but kept all that happened to herself until she could no longer contain it, so she confided in an auntie who advised her to file a formal complaint with the University.
The Chronicle’s report added that when the victim realized the lukewarm approach into the matter by the Ho office of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit, she made the report again at Tema.
Dr Duedu was arrested, but drama ensued when a police officer intervened, refusing to allow the patrol team to send the suspect to the station for interrogation.
Displeased with the way things were turning out, the 22-year-old victim managed to get through to the Inspector General of Police, COP Dr George Akuffo Dampare, who promptly got the suspect re-arrested and sent to the headquarters of DOVVSU.
The case is still under investigation, the paper added.
Source: GhanaFeed.Com
