Editorial (Tuesday, 6th September 2022)
The Ofaakor District Police Command has arrested 34-year-old Ishmael Atsitso Agboko, who allegedly poured acid on his wife at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West District last year, resulting in her blindness.
The suspect had been on the Bawjiase Police radar since the incident.
The GNA on Thursday 25, August, got information that the suspect was arrested by the Ofaakor Police upon a tip off.
The Ofaakor District Commander, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Samuel Amfo, confirmed the arrest to the GNA, but said the case was under the jurisdiction of the Bawjiase Police command and was to be handed over to the Ofaakor Police for further prosecution.
The suspect was arrested after a chase by the Police when he failed to stop at a checkpoint at Oklu Nkwanta in the Awutu Senya East Municipality.
The Police during the chase shot the car tyres of the suspect, leading to his arrest.
Agboko allegedly committed the heinous crime on his wife, Ms Comfort Tawiah, last year after she threatened to divorce him.
The Daily Searchlight commends the police for bringing this person into custody.
We believe that his action, if proved, is unforgivable and cruel, and he deserves to be punished for his actions.
That said, we believe that a problem shared is a problem half-solved. People who find themselves in emotional distress have a duty to try to seek advice and counselling from people with experience and knowledge who can assist to lessen the pain.
we also believe, that our society would be a ultimate beneficiary if we were to set up professional counselling systems in our society where people who are mentally and emotionally afflicted can go to secure counselling.
We hope that the woman at the centre of this tragedy would benefit from such an action, and her attacker would similarly benefit from such facility at a future date.
(This article was first published in the column EDITORIAL of the Daily Searchlight of Tuesday, 6th September, 2022. The Daily Searchlight appears on the newsstands of Ghana every working day and PDF versions are available for sale online twenty-four hours a day all day throughout the world on www.ghananewsstand.com).
