Passengers Forced To Have Sex

Passengers aboard three vehicles travelling from Mampong in the Ashanti Region to Accra on Friday were subjected to dehumanising ordeal when a group of armed robbers took them hostage and reportedly forced the male commuters to have sex with their female counterparts at gunpoint. Two of the victims, according to reports, sustained gunshot wounds during the highway robbery attack which occurred at the Asonomaso portion of the Mampong-Kumasi road in the Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region. Chief Inspector Mohammed Yussif Tanko of the Public Relations Directorate of the Ashanti Regional Police Command, who confirmed the incident, indicated that the security forces have initiated serious investigations into the attack. Reports say the robbers mounted roadblocks at a down-hill bridge on River Badewam between Adawomase and Asonomaso, where they ambushed the passengers who were believed to be traders. Daily Guide gathered that the robbers, after holding their victims hostage at gunpoint, allegedly demanded the male passengers to have sex with their female counterparts or risk being gunned down, to which the victims allegedly obliged. The robbers could, however, not take anything away because the police patrol team in the area managed to foil their operation half-way, Inspector Tanko stated, adding that the passengers had reported the incident to the Mamponteng Police for further action. source: D-Guide