Mother recounts how her daughter’s father a Police Inspector infected their child with HIV
A mother is crying out for justice after alleging that her teenage daughter was repeatedly sexually violated by her own father — a serving Police Inspector — over a period of years, with the abuse reportedly leaving the child pregnant, traumatised and infected with HIV.
The woman laid bare her anguish in a tearful appearance on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, describing a harrowing ordeal that she says began when her daughter was barely 10 years old and was living under the care of her father, who is stationed at Garu in the Upper East Region.
The girl, now 15, is currently a candidate sitting the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination.
According to the mother, the abuse unfolded over several years without detection, partly because the suspect allegedly coached his daughter to deflect suspicion.
She said the inspector instructed the child to attribute any signs of abuse to a teacher if ever questioned.
That deception had consequences — the mother alleged that a teacher who had attempted to help the girl was later arrested at the father’s instigation, only to be freed after the child eventually told investigators the truth.
The full picture only began to emerge after the girl was taken to hospital, where a doctor gently encouraged her to open up.
The mother recounted the moment with visible pain: “At first, she was crying and couldn’t talk. But the doctor assured her that he only wanted to help her and ensure the right person is held accountable.” With that reassurance, the child finally named her father.
Among the most disturbing details the mother shared was that the girl had at one point fallen pregnant — and that the inspector allegedly arranged for an abortion to be carried out at home.
She further alleged that medical examination later confirmed the child had contracted HIV, a discovery the mother says left her devastated.
The girl herself is said to have told her mother she believed the infection may have originated from her father, recalling that he secretly took medication hidden in black polythene and sealed with tape, which he claimed was for leg pain.
The inspector was subsequently called in for questioning in Bawku following the doctor’s referral to police.
During that initial phase of investigation, the girl was separated from him — but the mother said she was inexplicably returned to his custody shortly afterwards.
It was only when the father later fell ill and left for Kumasi for treatment that the mother was able to take the child under her wing.
Since then, the mother says her attempts to push the case forward have been met with silence and stalling.
She submitted the medical report to the Agona Jamasi Police Station but says nearly five months passed without any meaningful update. “When I went back,” she said, “they only told me I should wait.”
Following the child’s relocation to Koforidua — a move made necessary by her deteriorating emotional state — a teacher who spoke with the girl helped the mother escalate the matter to the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit there.
The case was eventually referred to DOVVSU’s national headquarters, but the mother says tangible progress remains elusive.
Her voice breaking, she expressed deep fear that the case will be buried — and urged authorities to act before the system once again lets her daughter down.
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