…. Incident said to be very rampant but always concealed
As the military has remained tightlipped over allegations of attempted rape, The Herald continues to pick disturbing news about several sexual offenses that the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has swept under the carpet, leaving many officers and men in uniform in agony and angry.
Specific senior officers, have been mentioned as keeping a tight lid on several cases of sexual offenses in GAF, afraid that their own conducts, including sale of military lands, arm-twisting officers to collect their Peacekeeping money, their involvement in Galamsey amongst other underhand dealings would also be stripped bare.
Last week, The Herald revealed that, the GAF’s mission; GHABATT 89, has been rocked by allegations of attempted rape, leading to two officers names withheld, being recalled to Ghana for investigations following a petition.
The Herald has since been picking additional reports following last Friday’s publication that a senior officer with the rank of a Lieutenant colonel (Lt. Col.) and his female victim with the rank of the Lieutenant, have been recalled from Lebanon and are assisting Ghana’s military authorities with investigations in the rape allegation.
This paper’s information is that, the Lieutenant colonel and his victim, were recalled from the mission after the lady’s husband, also a military officer serving the Ghana Air Force, petitioned the Military High Command to investigate the rape.
The Herald is informed that, but for the publication, the military high command was about to as usual sweep the matter under the carpet when the paper dropped the bombshell. Now, they are ready to even charge the Lieutenant colonel.
The Herald was informed about plots to cast doubt on the lady’s credibility by having the senior officer lie that he and the lady, had been lovers, and the splashing of the sperm on her uniform, wasn’t out of an attempted rape, but rather they had consensual sex.
There were fears that the military hierarchy, will attempt to as usual shield their own by hushing up the embarrassing development, which occurred in Lebanon.
This paper’s military insiders, revealed that the Lieutenant Colonel, had initially sought to deny the rape attempt with his colleague officers ready and willing to side with him until the lady in question produced a damning evidence against him, forcing the investigators to coil in shame.
The victim, who is a married woman, had produced her uniform which was heavily soaked with the sperm of the senior officer to the military investigators.
He was said to have pulled out his penis, forcing his way into the lady, and in the process discharged sperm onto her uniform.
The Herald is informed of some instances where the GAF swept the matter under the carpet.
Available to this paper is the name of another officer, who was caught to have fixed cameras in a female bathroom inside Burma Camp, videoing naked female officers and downloading the footage onto his laptop computer to satisfy his unconscionable sexual cravings.
This paper is informed that, instead of sacking him over the despicable conduct, the military hierarchy last year simply gave the Lieutenant what was said to be “six months loss of seniority” after describing the officer as suffering from some psychological illness.
Desperate efforts were made by known senior officers not to Court martial him, and he has since remained in uniform leaving many of the female officers confused as to whether the videos of them naked, are still in his possession and when will find their way into the public domain.
