Anthony Tameklo, a 42-year-old clearing agent at the Elubo border in the Western Region, has been arrested by the Half Assini Police at Elubo for defiling his 17-year-old daughter for close to three years.
Anthony, still married to the victim’s mother, has 4 children, 3 girls and a boy.
According to the Jomoro District Police Commander Superintendent Ferguson Dzineku, Anthony’s last sexual encounter with the victim who is the eldest of his children and a JHS pupil in a private school at Elubo was on Sunday, January 3, 2016.
Narrating the victim’s ordeal to Citi News, Supt Dzineku said “it all started when the victim (name withheld) was sent from Aflao to Elubo in 2013 to stay with her father.”
“Anthony Tamakloe, at one night inquired from her daughter if she had a boyfriend back at Aflao. After replying no, the Anthony ordered her to lie on his bed for examination. On the bed, Anthony had sex with her which got her bleeding throughout the night. Anthony then resorted to having sex with her daughter two or three times every week,” he added.
According to Supt Dzineku, the daughter who was not happy about his father’s incessant demands for sex reported him to her mother who is based at Aflao.
Confusion broke out between the two when Anthony vehemently, denied engaging in such act.
“Her father then threatened to cut off one of her ears or kill her if she mentioned that to her mother or any other person again. He beats her mercilessly whenever she tried to resist his sexual pleasures,” Supt. Dzineku told Citi News.
Supt explained further that “when neighbours confronted Anthony for always beating his daughter, his defense was that her daughter was flirting.”
According to the victim, her father then resorted to giving her sleeping tablets.
“Ignorantly she would take the medicine and sleep off, but wakes up with abdominal pains and spots of blood and fluid in her pants and on thighs. When she realized this, though very late, she refused to take the tablets which infuriated her father. Anthony now resorted to beating her before sex. Currently the victim has a lot of assault marks all over her body with a swollen right arm as a result of an electric wire used by her father in beating her before their last sexual encounter,” Supt. Dzineku explained.
When Anthony Tameklo was arrested, he admitted committing the offence during interrogation and blamed it on his “unstable” wife and on a spiritual attack from his enemies.
The victim has since been sent to the Half Assini Government Hospital for examination and treatment while Anthony is currently in police custody awaiting prosecution.
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By: Obrempong Yaw Ampofo/citifmonline.com/Ghana