Asylum seeker Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/asylum-seeker/ Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:54:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 https://citifmonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-CITI-973-FM-32x32.jpg Asylum seeker Archives - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always https://citifmonline.com/tag/asylum-seeker/ 32 32 Ghanaian jailed 12-yrs in Germany for rape https://citifmonline.com/2017/10/ghanaian-jailed-12-yrs-in-germany-for-rape/ Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:54:44 +0000 http://citifmonline.com/?p=363505 A court in Germany has sentenced a Ghanaian refugee to nearly 12 years in jail for the campsite rape of a young woman in front of her boyfriend. Eric X, 31, – branded highly dangerous by a psychiatric expert – was handed the 11 year and six-month jail term at Bonn State Court. He denied to the end being responsible […]

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A court in Germany has sentenced a Ghanaian refugee to nearly 12 years in jail for the campsite rape of a young woman in front of her boyfriend.

Eric X, 31, – branded highly dangerous by a psychiatric expert – was handed the 11 year and six-month jail term at Bonn State Court.

He denied to the end being responsible despite the testimony from an expert saying the chance of someone else’s DNA being on the victim was a 30 billion to one chance.

And X insulted his victim by saying: ‘If the court says the DNA fits, then I have to call the girl a prostitute. Anyone who supports this girl who claims to have been raped is the dirtiest person on earth.’

X struck in April this year at a campsite near the city on the Rhine, dragging the 23-year-old woman from the tent she was sharing with her boyfriend.

A major scandal ensued when it emerged police refused to take seriously a 999 call from her partner saying his girlfriend was being raped yards from him.

‘You are not f***ing with me I hope?’ said the officer who took the call.

The terrified young man had been threatened with a machete when the Ghanaian refugee entered the tent and told him to remain where he was.

The attacker dragged the girl a few yards into a meadow at the Siegaue Nature Reserve and raped her.

But the boyfriend had a hard time getting police to take him seriously.

‘Hmm,’ was the first reaction from the female police officer on the line. ‘Where exactly is this rape happening?’ she added.

The attack took place the Siegaue Nature Reserve (pictured) on April 2, shortly after midnight. The woman and her boyfriend were asleep when Eric X cut through the tarpaulin, threatened them with a tree saw and ordered them to hand over their valuables - six euros (£5.35) and a music box

The boyfriend was forced to watch as the attacker violated his lover – and the police never arrived.

The boyfriend, 26, eventually gathered her up and began walking with her along a main road looking for help.

He called police a second time – and again they were disbelieving. Finally, nearly 30 minutes later, officers arrived and the victim was taken to hospital.

A photofit picture of the attacker led to his arrest and DNA testing confirmed his guilt. A CD player he stole from the tent was found at his refugee centre.

He tried to flee when police moved in to arrest him, flinging a rucksack at one officer.

It turned out that the backpack was stolen from a barbecue party shortly before the rape occurred.

The rape was one of the most high-profile sex attacks laid at the door of refugees since the migrant crisis began, prompting hundreds of tips from the public.

Just days before the attack, X had been told he was set to be deported to Italy, where he had originally entered the Schengen zone.

He arrived in Italy in January and his asylum application was immediately rejected but by then he had made the journey to Kassel in Germany.

The suspect lived for a time in asylum seeker housing accommodation in the town of Sankt Augustin, near Bonn.

But local media have questioned why he was not immediately deported.

Source: Daily Mail UK

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UPSA inaugurates Centre for Public Accountability https://citifmonline.com/2014/06/upsa-inaugurates-centre-for-public-accountability/ Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:19:56 +0000 http://4cd.e16.myftpupload.com/?p=22727 The University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA), has inaugurated a new Centre for Public Accountability. The centre will promote and enhance sound public sector accountability institutions and mechanisms in Africa by providing practitioners with the opportunity for continual learning, development, research and knowledge sharing as well as consultancy support. In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor […]

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The University of Professional Studies, Accra, (UPSA), has inaugurated a new Centre for Public Accountability.

The centre will promote and enhance sound public sector accountability institutions and mechanisms in Africa by providing practitioners with the opportunity for continual learning, development, research and knowledge sharing as well as consultancy support.

In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor of UPSA, Professor Joshua Alabi,  said apart from becoming the leading accounting institution in the country, authorities of the University are also working to make it nationally relevant and globally recognized.

He said the Centre would also help bridge the gap of public accountability and urged all stakeholders to embrace it in order to fulfill its objectives.

Director for  the Centre for Public Accountability, Albert Kan-Dapaah underscored the importance of the Centre, saying ”accountability was one of the weakest elements of governance structure in Ghana and the West African sub-region which accounted for high levels of corruption in the public sector.”

The former minister of state added that the Centre for Public Accountability sought to promote the concepts of Accountability in Public Sector Management.

He said the centre would also conduct cutting-edge research into the concept of public sector accountability and build the capacity of public sector practitioners and lawmakers through highly attractive training programmes.

“We want to build the capacity of public sector practitioners and lawmakers through highly interactive training programmes and we want to also offer consultancy support to key accountability institutions including supreme audit institutions and public accounts committee,” he said.

Dr Kan-Dapaah also added “we want to maintain the most accurate and reliable database on public transactions such as the public debt, petroleum revenues and expenditure and donor funds.

It is not our ambition to catch thieves, but we will be interested to find out how they managed to abuse the system and come out with policy recommendations to seal the loopholes,” he added.

In his remarks, Council Chairman of UPSA, Mr Justice Nii Aryeetey said the Centre, would position UPSA as a leading tertiary- based think-tank in the provision of quality and relevant training, support to promote public sector accountability in Africa.

Dr. Dapaah announced that the centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with The Hague University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands to jointly implement a project financed by the Netherlands government to develop and deliver practice-oriented training modules in Financial Management for Finance graduates and professionals in Ghana.

Mr Justice Nii Aryeetey, Council Chairman of UPSA, urged all stakeholders, particularly the media, to support the laudable initiative, as they are expected to actively play their watchdog role for public sector accountability.

 

By: Evans Effah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

 

 

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