Police arrests 3 persons connected to the Wa sex tape, GBA wants them punished
The Ghana Bar Association has indicated its interest in handling the incident involving the flogging of two persons alleged to have had a sexual encounter and leaking the video on social media.
The Association’s Women and Minors Rights Committee has been told to “closely monitor and offer the necessary and required legal assistance to the unfortunate victims of the lawless and barbaric act”.
The two were reportedly apprehended by some young men in the town and were given 20 lashes each for the act.
According to reports, the two were sent to the Palace, but the Wa Naa was absent, compelling the young men to take matters into their own hands and deliver punishment.
In condemning the action, the GBA called it “humiliating, dehumanizing, demeaning and degrading and amounts to the violation of their fundamental human rights, and on the attack on their persons.”
“The GBA is therefore calling on the relevant security agencies to arrest all persons involved in the physical abuse of the two young persons, investigate the incident and ensure that the perpetrates are prosecuted by law”, the group said.
The incident has drawn the ire of Ghanaians, who have called for sanctions against those involved.
Three persons related to the incident have been arrested by the Upper West Regional Police Command.
They include the person who brought the victims to the palace and two sub-chiefs.
