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The Fiapre Circuit Court in the Sunyani West Municipality has acquitted and discharged a popular radio presenter who claimed to have had countless sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old primary six girl.
The accused person, Bismarck Opoku, a radio presenter at the Sunyani-based Sompa FM, popularly known as “Nana Poku Piesie) was standing trial at the court presided over by Akua Adomah Addae.
He was arrested barely a year ago, and granted GHC8,000 bail with two sureties, after he pleaded not guilty to the charge of defilement.
When the case was heard on Monday August 5, 2025, the Presiding Judge told the court that the prosecution could not “prove beyond reasonable doubt” that the accused person committed the crime, and withdrew the case against the accused person, accordingly.
On July 5, 2024, around 2000 hours a video of someone who took part in a live Radio Programme at Sompa FM in Sunyani was intercepted on social media in which the person was heard claiming to have had countless sexual intercourse with one Maame Yeboah aged 14 years.
According to the prosecution, the said Maame Yeboah was at Primary Six at Dormaa-Ahenkro and the police-initiated investigations into the matter, identified, and arrested the accused person, while the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit (DOVVSU) assisted the Police in investigations.
Barimah Agyekum, the counsel for the accused person, later told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview that his clients “hosted a programme on public education and just created a scenario for people to appreciate the fact that your sins will definitely find you out”.
Source: myghanadaily
