By Our Reporter
A 16-year-old girl has been taken into police custody in Mankessim in the Central Region in Ghana for allegedly committing arson.
The young girl had set her boyfriend’s room ablaze after he broke up with her.
In a report by GHOne, the young girl had visited her boyfriend at his corn mill shop to demand money.
The boyfriend had refused to give her the money claiming that she had cheated on him during their relationship.
The boyfriend reportedly said that based on her unfaithfulness, he was ending their relationship immediately.
The young girl begged for forgiveness, but the man forcibly removed her from his workplace.
Hurt and disgraced by the incident, the teenager went to her ex-boyfriend’s house and set it on fire.
She then quietly returned to her workplace where she told her friend about what had happened.
She was subsequently arrested after community members came to apprehend her after the fire broke out.
She was handed over to the Mankessim Police Command, where she is assisting police investigation.
She has also confessed to her actions.
The Assembly Member of the area, Alhaji Alli Amoah Abubakari, has warned teenagers in the town to shun such toxic behaviours in romantic relationships.
In another incident, six family members, including three children, perished in a house fire in Georgia, USA.
The police reported that five others including two infants and three adults, sustained injuries of different degrees.
A family relative made a plea for assistance with essentials like food, diapers, and clothing for the survivors who were recovering in the hospital.
Moreover, a firefighter who had gone to rescue them also sustained injuries.
