A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD girl who was defiled by her father

Ebenezer Asare Kumi, the head
pastor of Grace Power House Ministry, is on
the verge of becoming paralysed.
Ebenezer Asare Kumi
This was made known by ASP Sarah Acquah
at an Accra Circuit Court where the accused
person, Pastor Kumi, is standing trial on a
charge of defilement and incest.
According to the prosecutor, the severity of the
act by the accused person had affected the
victim, a Junior High School pupil, to the
extent that she could no longer walk.
Pastor Kumi, 43, who was absent when the
case was called yesterday at the court
presided over by Ellen Amoah, had denied the
charges of defilement and incest levelled
against him and was on remand to reappear
on January 22, 2013.
ASP Acquah, the prosecutor, informed the
court that the accused person had been
married to the victim’s mother, one Rose
Asare, for the past 14 years and had three
children with her.
The prosecutor narrated that in 2012 the
victim’s mother, who is the complainant, was
admitted at Ridge Hospital for about three
weeks to deliver her last baby.
During the period, the victim and her younger
sister were living with their father in the house.
One night the accused went to the children’s
room while they were asleep, and started
caressing the victim.
When the victim opened her eyes and saw
what her father was doing, Pastor Kumi
allegedly ordered her to keep quiet or else she
would die.
The pastor reportedly then took advantage of
the absence of the complainant and had sex
with her.
ASP Acquah said after satisfying himself,
Pastor Kumi warned the victim never to
disclose her ordeal to anyone or else he would
kill her.
As a result of the threat, the victim did not
inform anybody but later started limping.
On December 30, 2012, the victim found it
difficult to walk, so she was sent to Ridge
Hospital by her mother for medical treatment.
According to the prosecutor, when the victim
was examined by a doctor, it was discovered
that she had been defiled.
The victim who was initially reluctant to
disclose who the perpetrator was, after
persistent interrogation, mentioned her father
as the one responsible for her predicament.
The matter was subsequently reported to the
police at Sowutuom, and later transferred to
the Tesano Domestic Violence and Victims
Support Unit (DOVVSU) where a medical form
was issued for the child to attend hospital.
Pastor Kumi was arrested and after
investigations put before court.