Woman cages her grandchildren in hen coop for 8 months (Pictured)

Woman cages her
grandchildren in hen coop for 8
months (Pictured)
Ghana – A 48-year-old woman by name
Kumatu Tafa, has been nabbed by the Akyem
oda police for allegedly caging her two
grandchildren in a hen coop for eight months and serving
them food and water in a chamber pot.
The woman, together with her grandchildren, lives in a
compound house at the Otwereso electoral area in the
Akyemansa District of the Eastern Region.
The victims, Sani Issah, 4 years, and Fozia Issah, 7 years,
were allegedly compelled
by the grandmother to sleep in the hen coop, saying that
they were bed wetters and did not want to sleep in the
same room with them. She allegedly restrained them from
taking food from the neighbours.
Sources hinted Ghanaian paper Daily Guide that the kids
lost their parents years ago, and had been under the care of
the old lady since their infancy.
According to the sources, although some of the neighbours
were aware of what was happening in the house, they were
afraid to reveal it until one evening when one of them was
passing by the house, and heard one of the children
weeping in the direction of the hen coop.
Suspecting that something unusual might be taking place
inside the house, she alerted the assemblyman of the area,
Mr. Odeshie Yaw Nyame, who was said to have informed
the police about it, leading to the arrest of the old lady.
A woman, who did not want her name mentioned, told this
reporter that the children were released during the day but
they were not properly fed; and dared not complain as they
were sure of getting beaten up by their grandma.
The poor kids, who were in the custody of the Akyem Oda
Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) of
the Ghana Police Service, at press time yesterday, looked
unhealthy.
In an interview with DAILY GUIDE, Madam Kumatu Tafa
denied the allegations, swearing on the Holy Quran that
nothing of that nature had ever taken place.
The assemblyman, Mr. Odeshie Yaw Nyame, described the
behaviour of Kumatu Tafa as abnormal, and said she
should be referred to the mental hospital in Accra for
medical examination.
Meanwhile, the case is in court as investigations continue.