A 22-year-old woman, identified as Lawrencia Partey, has accused her biological father, Inspector Lawrence Partey of the Nsawam Police Service of incest.

According to Lawrencia, whose mother is deceased, her father began sexually abusing her when she was just 14 years old, claiming he was the one who broke her virginity.

Seeking help, she appeared on Sompa Nkomo on Sompa TV, a programme hosted by popular Ghanaian media personality Genevieve Abrefa Yeboah, also known as Oheneni Adazoa, which addresses domestic issues.

Lawrencia recounted that she lived with her stepmother and her father in the Northern Region. She alleged that during her father’s first attempt, he warned her never to disclose the abuse, threatening to kill or abandon her in the North if she spoke out.

“I was 14 years old when he first slept with me. I developed sores in my private parts and they bought me medicine. My father told me that if anyone asked, I should say it was my teacher,” she revealed.

She explained that she falsely accused one of her teachers of being responsible but her father insisted he would not let the teacher face the law. Instead, he withdrew her from the school.

The teacher, she said, maintained his innocence, declaring that God would vindicate him.

Lawrencia further narrated that her stepmother once caught them. She confided in her and spoke the whole truth to her but the woman was unwell at the time.

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"One day, my stepmother caught us and I explained everything to her. However, she was not feeling well at the time, so her family members took her to the Volta Region, where she eventually died. Before her death, she told her family to investigate what I had revealed. During her funeral, they confronted my father about the issue but he denied it. Afterward, we relocated to Adieso and he continued sleeping with me,” she added.

Lawrencia stated that she once reported her father to the police and he was detained but later released at the Adieso Police Station.

She added that she still lives with her father now at Nsawam, who continues to abuse her and expressed her desire to leave the house and gain her freedom leading her to seek help through the radio programme.



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