Ghana outrage over flogging of girl
Police
in northern Ghana are hunting for three brothers after a video of
them allegedly flogging their sister with a horsewhip went viral.
The
disturbing
footage, showing a screaming girl being held down on a wooden bench in a
courtyard by two strong men and then a third man whipping
her, has caused outrage in Ghana.
She was
allegedly beaten for her habit of coming home late.
Otiko
Djaba, Ghana’s children’s minister, has called for the prosecution of all those
involved.
This act of brutality is unacceptable in Ghana 61 years on [after independence] and cannot be countenanced by all of us.
No woman or girl should ever go through this harrowing and degrading experience in the name of discipline."
Emmanuel
Horlutu, a deputy superintendent, told BBC Pidgin that the police
needed the public’s help in apprehending the suspects.
The incident was filmed in Shishagu, Sanerugu municipality, in Ghana's Northern Region.
BBC
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