The crime of having sexual intercourse with a parent, child, sibling, or grandchild is on ascendancy in the Upper Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region.
The worse of this situation is father-daughter sexual relationship which usually involves girls under 16 years.
The District Police Commander, Superintendent Jeremiah Alale made this known at a recent Town Hall Meeting at Asesewa.
The commander has therefore pledged his outfit commitment to put a stop to this unfortunate development by arresting and prosecuting anyone found culpable.
He warned those who take advantage of the vulnerability of others and sexually abuse them, especially children under 16 years, to desist from it because the police would not accept any out of court settlement when arrested.
Meanwhile, Superintendent Alale observed that the general security situation in the district is encouraging even though there has been an increased in the reported cases of people inflicting cutlass wounds and butchering others in recent times.
The Police Commander advised that people should not take the law into their own hands and cause harm to others when they feel cheated in anyway but go to the police for amicable redress.
On his part, the District Physical Planning Officer, Samuel Ansong said everyone has the right to own a land but do not determine the use of the land.
He explained that before any development is made on any plot of land there should be a permit from the local assembly sanctioning it.
This, among other reasons is to ensure proper layout of the town and construction of a structure to proceed on condition of compliance with building code. Mr. Ansong said his office is currently preparing a district layout and entreated all those who have land to submit their site plans to complete the planning scheme.
He also urged traditional leaders and all other opinion leaders to constantly remind their people to contact the assembly for technical direction on any development they plan doing on their land.
Both the District Chief Executive, Joe Sam and the Member of Parliament for the area, Bismark Tetteh Nyarko added their voice to the call for all hands to be on deck to give the district a facelift by having a proper layout.
The town hall meeting organized by the Asesewa Area Council was to take community members views on public issues and also offer the officials of the District Assembly for explanation and education.