Friday, December 26, 2025 -The Ashanti Regional Police Command has secured the conviction of a Nigerian woman for causing harm to her nine-year-old daughter at Duase, near Kenyasi in the Ashanti Region, Ghana..
Beauty Alakwe, 34, was sentenced on Tuesday, December 23,
2025 by the Circuit Court at Tafo in Kumasi, to 15 months in prison with hard
labour and fined 6,000 Ghanaian cedis.
She failed to pay the fine and has been remanded to Central
Prisons, Kumasi, to serve her sentence.
The case arose on 22 November when a local resident, with
assistance from the area’s Assembly Member, reported the assault.
Investigations were carried out by the Kenyasi District
Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) under the Tafo-Pankrono
Division.
The court also directed the Department of Social Welfare,
Mamponteng, to coordinate with the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social
Protection to ensure the welfare and reunification of the victim and her
nine-year-old brother with their family in Nigeria.
The Ashanti Regional Police Command praised the public for
their cooperation in the investigation and reiterated its stance against mob
justice, emphasizing its commitment to protecting children and other vulnerable
persons.
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