According to the women, Kintampo is gradually gaining a shameful reputation within the region over sexual abuse of innocent women by unknown men in the area.
“We haven’t done anything wrong against anyone in the municipality so why will they want to rape us every day?” one women queried.
Speaking to pressmen, one of the aggrieved women, Martha Tuah, whose daughter was raped recently, said the situation was causing fear and panic among the women as most of them could not even go out after 6:00pm.
She disclosed that a 40-year-old woman was currently receiving treatment at the Kintampo Municipal Hospital after she was raped by unknown people on Monday.
“She is not the only one they have raped. Girls who are 19 and old women as old as 50 years have also been victims,” she said.
Madam Tuah stated that several women including school girls have suffered sexual abuse at the hands of these heartless men on many occasions.
According to her, if nothing was done about it by the municipal Security Council they would hit the street on a naked demonstration to protest against the situation because they are living in fear.
She said the MCE and the security knew about the situation but nothing has been done about it and that was why they wanted to hit the streets for them to know the pain they were going through.
All efforts to reach the Kintampo Municipal Chief Executive, Seidu Harrison, to react to the matter proved futile.
From Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani
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