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DAILY HERITAGE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2020
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Oko Boye returns to LEKMA hospital
•To consult after election defeat
DEFEATED
MEMBER of
Parliament for
the Ledzokuku
Constituency in
the Greater
Accra Region, Dr Bernard Okoe
Boye, has returned to the
LEKMA Hospital to help with
consultations a week after he narrowly
lost his Parliamentary seat.
Dr Okoe Boye, who garnered
54,072 votes as compared to the
55,938 garnered by the National
Democratic Congress’s (NDC)
Benjamin Aryiku Narteh, expressed
gratitude to his constituents
for the opportunity to
serve them over the past four
years.
In a Facebook post, Dr Oko
Boye who is also the Deputy
Health Minister, said his service to
the nation did not end with his
electoral defeat.
“First post-election Monday
consultations at the Lekma Hospital.
Some staff were happy to see
me doing fine, some surprised at
my activity having assumed that
•Dr Benard Oko Boye
not winning the Parliamentary
election meant away with community
service.
“It is important to understand
that the joy a true leader experiences
does not lie in the position
he holds but in the service his
people receive. I thank God that
you do not have to necessarily
hold a position to assist others experience
a better world. Because
He lives, we can face tomorrow.”
Source:
Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
Dr Okoe Boye, who garnered
54,072 votes as compared to
the 55,938 garnered by the
National Democratic Congress’s
(NDC) Benjamin
Aryiku Narteh, expressed gratitude
to his constituents for
the opportunity to serve them
over the past four years.
Man, 54, pours acid on
18-yr-old girlfriend, mother
BY KOJO ANSAH
AN EIGHTEEN year-oldgirl
and her mother have
been hospitalized after an
acid attack on them allegedly
by a 54-year-old man.
The suspect, Nana Yaw
Mante, a businessman allegedly
poured the acid on
his 18-year-old ex-girlfriend
and mother while in a room
at Awukugua in the Okere
District of the Eastern Region.
Both have been referred
to the Korle Bu Teaching
Hospital in Accra.
The suspect, who is the
father of the Okere District
Chief Executive, was convicted
few months ago by the
Koforidua Magistrate Court
“A” to a fine of GHc1,200
and ordered to pay a compensation
of GH1,000 to the
victim for filming and circulating
sexually explicit videos
and pictures of the victim.
Background
The 54-year-old businessman
was put before a Koforidua
Magistrate Court for
filming and circulating nude
videos of his 18-year-old exgirlfriend.
He was charged for obscenity
contrary to section
281(i) B of the Criminal Offence
Act,29/60.
The Prosecutor, Sergeant
George Defia, told the court
presided over by His Worship
Nana Osei Assibey on
Tuesday, May 19 that the
convict and the victim, a
Senior High School dropout,
are both natives of
Awukugua in the Okere District
of the Eastern Region.
According to the prosecuting
officer, two years ago,
Nana Yaw Mante met the
victim who had dropped out
of school due to financial
challenges, and under the
pretext of assisting her to go
back to school, took undue
advantage and entered into a
sexual relationship with her.
The family of the victim
became suspicious and confronted
the accused person
but he denied having sexual
relations with the victim. The
relationship hit the rocks due
to disapproval and pestering
by the family. However, in
2019, the convict convinced
the victim and they reunited.
Nana Yaw Mante, for fear
of losing the victim again,
told her that he had taken
her to a shrine and the gods
were demanding to see her
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