- Chief, four other’s held

The Wenchi Police in the early hours of Thursday stormed Gbao, near Banda Ahenkro in the Brong Ahafo Region and arrested the Odikro and four others in connection with the circumcision of four teenage girls as part of their puberty rites.

They are Nana Kwadwo Bosomfo, the Odikro, Nana Yawa Brah, 70, the circumciser, Ernest Gyabah, Johnson Kofi Billy and Kwasi Mensah.

The police have sent the victims to the Wenchi Methodist Hospital for treatment. The Times had in its October 31 edition, published the plight of the girls.