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Court remands father over attempted sale of
daughter
Hohoe, Sept 14 Ghanadot/GNA-Blesa
Kegbameni, 28, a Bassare from the Republic of Togo has been
remanded into prison custody by an Nkwanta Magistrates’
court for attempting to sell his eight-year old daughter for
GH¢ 50,000.
His accomplice Kadjabie Badaheo, 30 year-old Ghanaian farmer
is on the run.
Kegbameni, whose plea was not taken, would return to court
on September 23, this year.
Mr. Jonathan Cudjoe, Police Inspector prosecuting told the
court, chaired by Mr Stanislaus Amanoipo that, Kegbameni
brought his daughter to Ghana with the intention of offering
her for sale to any prospective buyer.
He said on September 7, an undercover Policeman, who posed
as an “Alhaji” met Kegbameni and his accomplice at the
Nkwanta Divinity Hotel to bargain over the selling price.
Mr Cudjoe said the undercover Policeman Alhaji offered to
buy the victim at GH¢ 20,000 but Kegbameni insisted that he
paid GH¢ 48,000.
He said in the process of the bargain, the undercover
Policeman opened his briefcase to expose the money in it to
the elation of Kegbameni who saw the prospect of becoming a
millionaire.
Mr Cudjoe said Policemen who were detailed around the hotel
then rushed into the hotel and arrested Kegbameni but
Badaheo managed to escape.
Kegbameni, a father of two, said he would have used the
money from the sale of his daughter to expand his farm and
buy a pick-up.
GNA
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