A military officer has allegedly raped an 18-year-old girl at the Siim Lina Guest House in Soe, Bolgatanga Municipality.

The incident happened on Monday, September 2, 2024.

The victim (name withheld) said that the soldier arrived at the guest house around 9 a.m.

checked in and began expressing romantic interest in her shortly after, which she declined.

Despite her refusal, the soldier continued to harass her, even following her when she stepped out of the premises to avoid him. "He said he loves me and wants to marry me.

So I said I am not interested.

He was following me, asking me questions that if somebody wants to wound me what will I do [because] no one is here.

So, I told him that I would leave the fellow to God.

So [he] kept asking me this question," she recounted.

The victim also noted that a lady whom she suspects to be the soldier's girlfriend, later arrived at the guest house on a tricycle but did not stay long and left shortly after her arrival.

She said the situation escalated after the woman left, as the soldier allegedly threatened the victim with a pair of scissors, warning that he would stab her if she did not comply with his demands.

Fearing for her life, the victim, who had been employed at the guest house for just four days, reluctantly gave in to his demands, and the soldier allegedly raped her.

After the assault, the soldier reportedly took pictures of her with his phone. "Immediately I picked a bucket to water trees, he held my hair and pulled me and removed scissors and said if I joke, he will wound me here.

So I was sitting down quietly but he held my hair, pulled me to the other room, and rapped me.

When he finished, he snapped me pictures.

I was quiet and afraid because nobody was around," she said.

The victim is calling for justice to be served.

The owner of the guest house, Paulina Adongo, confirmed the incident, stating that the soldier was apprehended by concerned neighbours after the victim raised an alarm.

Military officers from the Abilba Barracks were subsequently called to the scene, and they took the alleged rapist into custody.

Sources indicate that an investigation has commenced to unravel the circumstances and take appropriate measures.   By Joshua Asaah