The Koforidua Circuit Court Presided by Her Honour Matilda Rebiero has sentenced former Police Corporal Emmanuel Nyame to 12 years in imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl in 2019.
The convict, who was dismissed from the service following the incident, was found guilty of luring, assaulting, and threatening the child, who was at the time living with his fiancée.
Presenting the facts of the case, Regional State Attorney, Emily Addo-Kyereh, detailed that the crime occurred on April 11, 2019.
The prosecution stated that Emmanuel Nyame, a former officer with Motor Traffic and Transport Department of Ghana Police Service stationed in Koforidua, took advantage of his fiancée’s absence to orchestrate the sexual assault.
He took the victim under the pretext of running an errand, driving her to various locations including a drinking spot called Timberland and a funeral ground, before finally taking her to his room at the Nsukwao Police Barracks near Ghateco.
Once inside the room, Nyame forcibly had sexual intercourse with the girl despite her resistance and threatened her of losing her life in the event that she made the act known to anyone.
Regardless of the threat, the victim later confided in a cousin, which led to her father being informed, leading to a formal report to the police, and a medical examination confirmed the sexual assault.
Despite denying the allegations in his initial statement, Emmanuel Nyame was formally charged with defilement.
However, on August 13, 2019, he jumped bail and fled the country through Togo to Dubai, prompting investigators to issue a bench warrant for his arrest and declare him wanted.
After nearly five years on the run, Nyame was arrested on June 21, 2024 upon his arrival at Kotoka International Airport, by officers of the Ghana Immigration Service, who subsequently handed him over to the police.
During court proceedings, Defence Counsel Francis Xavier Sosu applied for bail, citing his client’s status as a first-time offender.
The court, however, rejected the application, emphasizing the seriousness of the crime and Nyame’s prior attempt to abscond.
After a thorough review of the medical evidence and witness testimonies, the Presiding Judge, Her Honour Matilda Rebiero, found Nyame guilty and sentenced him to 12 years in prison on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
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