“They want to cover up” – Father of Obuasi SHTS rape victim loses faith in police

The father of a student who accused the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School (SHTS) of rape expressed his lack of faith in the police's ability to provide justice for his daughter. In a JoyNews documentary, he claimed that nearly three weeks after reporting the incident, the headmaster remained unarrested and had not been questioned.

He traveled to the school on August 4 after hearing about the alleged incident and requested an exeat for his daughter, falsely claiming she suffered from a spiritual sickness to avoid further questioning. He then took his daughter to the central police station, where he filed a complaint. The police initially informed him that he needed to return to the Tutuka police station and then the divisional command.

However, the headmaster's lawyer informed the police that the headmaster had collapsed the night before and was hospitalized, causing the meeting never to take place. The father believes the police are attempting to cover up the incident, citing the lack of progress in the case and the headmaster's political status as reasons for their perceived inaction.