Prof. Mike Oquaye Sets Pregnant Prisoner Free
But for the benevolence of Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Aaron Oquaye, an expectant mother would have been left to struggle in the cells of the Nsawam Female Prison. Akosua Sarfowaa who is carrying a five-month-old pregnancy and a mother of a one-and-half-year-old boy was sentenced to two years in prison following her inability to pay a fine of GHC3400 despite her condition. A report by Crime Check Foundation reveals Akosua was charged with assault for hitting her husband’s girlfriend with a sandal during a fight. Narrating her offence to the Crime Check Foundation, Akosua said, “her husband brought in his girlfriend into the house and gave the lady her dress to wear. She couldn't believe what was unfolding in her eyes and could not contain the humiliation. She confronted the lady and a fight ensued. In the course of the struggle, she hit the lady with a sandal she laid hands on”. She was then arrested and put before a circuit court in Suhum where she was convi...