White Knight in Rusty Armour II... I SLEPT WITH THE WOMEN

Greetings Blogsville, 

As a follow up to my post late last week on the suspected uncertified abortion doctor who was sexually abusing his patients, I thought I should share with you excerpts of the police interrogation… I do this out of a great sense of responsibility, not just because I am a woman, but because I feel that there is so much going on in our society… So much we need to follow up and pursue to a logical conclusion.

So for those of you who up till now are unable or too uncomfortable to watch the video, I trust that this excerpt as lifted from Mr. Anas Aremeyaw Anas’s facebook page (under the title “sexy lord of abortion”), of the exchange between the suspect and the police (and pasted below) will help you get a full picture of what we are dealing with here:

"Joshua Drah, administrator of the Universal Mission Clinic, the man in the middle of the abortion sex case, after several denials during the joint Police Criminal investigations Department (CID) and Panthers Unit raid at his clinic, finally confessed to the offense.

When quizzed by the arrest party at his office, the ‘Dr.’ expressed surprise at the whole arrest. At some point he evaded questions and at other times, claimed that he did not remember events.

He further denied flatly at the CID headquarters all the allegations that were read out to him by the Police, thereby pushing the police to play the raw footage of him in the middle of the act. To say that he was shocked after watching the video is an understatement. He finally confessed… Excerpts of the conversation are as follows:
When the video starts playing

CID: Is this your place?
Drah: Yes.

CID: Drah, is it you?
Drah: Hm?
CID: Is it you in the video?
Drah: Yes it’s me, it’s enough

Amongst other things established in the course of the raid, it became clear that he was not a doctor but rather a medical assistant with training from Togo. He is unable to tell where his supervising doctor, a certain Dr. Solomon. Additionally, he admitted that he did not have the necessary license to operate the place, although he had been working at the Universal Mission Clinic for over a decade.
Journalist: Mr Drah, do you know what is going on here, do you have an idea of what is likely to happen?
`Drah: No, I don’t have an idea. In fact it’s concerning the clinic I don’t know why they’ve arrested me
Journalist: Is your clinic illegal; are you operating illegally?
Drah: No, I registered but they didn’t give me the this thing yet …
Journalist: Are you operating with a license
Drah: I have license but they haven’t given me the this thing yet, that’s go ahead from the Ministry of Health
Journalist: How many years have you done that?
Drah: 15 years, but we are establishing it small small because the place was listed.

After admitting that he had sex with the girls, the doctor beat another retreat on the issue of whether or not he used condoms in the middle of the abortion. A visibly confused Drah was left to manage weary smiles intermittently and at other times played to the tune of an absent minded person during the interrogation. Finally, he let the cat out of the bag - he did not know his HIV status!
CID: Do you wear a condom when doing this?
Drah? Yes
CID: How and when do you wear it, look; I am asking do you wear condoms?
Drah: No
CID: Drah, do you know your HIV status
Drah: No
CID: Does your wife know this is what you are doing with strangers?
Drah: No
CID: We have brought you here because you are operating an illegal abortion clinic and when doing the abortion, you have been having sex with them. Is it true?
Drah: I cannot remember
CID: I am asking again, before you do the abortion operation you have sex with the victims, is it true or not true?
Drah: I cannot remember anything
CID: But have you done that before; what do you mean by you cannot remember; So you want proof?
Drah: [sits smiling] yes
CID: Should we show it to you, I am asking you ‘doc’?
Drah: Yes, bring it if I can see
CID: Do you have a license?
Drah: Not yet!

CID: So who is your supervising doctor?
Drah: Dr. Solomon from Accra
CID: Which hospital; what is his number?
Drah: I have forgotten it
CID: How long have you been operating it?
Drah: I can say for 10 years
CID: What is the name of your clinic?
Drah: Universal mission Clinic
CID: Are you a medical doctor?
Drah: No, medical assistant.
CID: How did you obtain your certificate as medical assistant?
Drah: Yes, I’ve been to medical this thing … all my training I did it in Togo"

Imagine the risk some women put themselves through. He is not even licensed to operate a clinic yet and he has been operating for the past 15 years (according to the excerpt from Anas) I can’t help but wonder the number of ladies who have fallen victim to quack medical practitioners over the years; how a lot of young women die after “a brief illness” and we might not even have the presence of mind to think that it was because of their visit to one of these "slaughter houses"... It’s worse for me when I see that obviously our "doctor" gave answers which will help his case in court when he finally gets there (like “I don’t remember”, “I can’t remember”, “I have forgotten it”, “I have been to medical this thing”… And the police couldn't try to pin him down with a detailed and more convincing confession). My fear is that if the Anas video "as is" is anything to go by, and if care is not taken, this man will in no time be walking down the streets a free man – he might just relocate to another area and continue his business.

I am following this story keenly and will surely fill you in as it continues to unfold. In the interim, permit me to ask, do you think this man’s confession can even secure a guilty verdict and subsequent prison sentence? The court of public opinion is one place, and a true court is another… Or am I being unnecessarily fussy about the outcome of this matter?

God bless Africa... God bless us all!

Peace... I'm out!