P & P

Six million cedis is asking price for girl-child?

The P & P in an inside page story, says a Kibi trader who thought she could sell her two-year-old girl-child for six million cedis to defray a debt of 900,000 cedis she had been running away from, has found herself in the firm grips of the law, while on her was to conclude the deal.

The paper says Yaa Asantewaa, 33, had almost succeeded in conveying her innocent child to Tema for sale when she was arrested by the Tesano Police upon a tip-off. It says although Asantewaa has denied the allegation, she is, however, being investigated for slave dealing, contrary to Section 314 (Act 29/60) of the Criminal Amendment Code. Asantewaa is reported as saying she was sent to Accra on May 4, this year, with an amount of 900.000 cedis by her colleague to purchase goods for the two of them.

She said after reaching Accra Central, towards Tudu, she had wanted to buy chewing stick, but when she opened her bag, the money was missing.

According to her, she was stranded in town so she decided to work as a porter. While working, she said she met one Baba, a labourer at Santana Hotel at Tesano in Accra, who promised to look for work for her at a chop-bar. Asantewaa, according to the P & P, said the chop-bar owner would not employ her because she was carrying a child. She said on June 1, this year, while she was at Santana Market, Baba came in a taxi under the pretext of taking her to Tema to see his sister, but instead, he sent her to the Tesano Police Station where she was detained.