The suspected homosexual who was assaulted\u00a0by some young men\u00a0at Nima in Accra was framed, \u00a0 the Nima Police Command has stated.<\/p>\n
Albert Appiah, who is also known as Kinto was reportedly attacked on\u00a0Sunday after the young boys claimed he was courting another man in the area to sleep with him.<\/p>\n
A video on the alleged attack has gone viral on social media, prompting the Police to take action.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”s6ReXDpGZxeijHzkfexisN7kfbFpGM3J”]Describing the incident to Citi News<\/strong>, the Divisional Commander of the Nima Police Command, ACP Nuhu Jango ruled out any suspected gay allegations against the victim.<\/p>\n He told the media that initial investigations seem to suggest that the gay allegations are \u201ccomplete cooked-up story against the victim, Albert Appaih also called Kinto.\u201d<\/p>\n Narrating how the incident took place, ACP Jango said: \u201cHe had some friendship with one Salim Abubakar. They used to visit each other and they became friends through social media so they got close.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe came to visit him as he always does and Salim to have a one on one chat with him in private so they stood by the victim\u2019s car so from nowhere, four people sat at the back seat alleging that he was sodomizing the other guy,\u201dhe added.<\/p>\n He said “they were not sitting in front of the car and this Salim never complained that he had been sodomized.\u201d<\/p>\n “The suspects then beat him up mercilessly and carried Kinto from one location to the other until they took him to an ATM machine and asked him to slot in his card and give them [suspects] some ransom.”<\/p>\n