Who has not at this point heard about Doctor Sulley Ali-Gabass the infamous doctor who is now simply known as the Gay Doctor in Ghana? I mean the married medical doctor who sodomized a 16 year old boy who has been named as Aziz for the purpose of keeping his identity protected.
That story has been made the central headlines over and over again for the past few days. Two days ago I heard the doctor had been arrested and refused bail while being held in custody till investigations are concluded.
In all this, Doctor Gabass has had his face splashed all over the news in every medium. The young man however does not even have his real name out there.
Many are the sympathizers of Doctor Gabass who is a senior medical doctor at Effia Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Takoradi. He is supposed to be a very good doctor for that matter as many people have spoken out about how well he has attended to them in the past. I actually read one woman say he saved her life once in the middle of the night when she was bleeding to death. But hey, isn’t that a doctors job?
People insist we should forgive him because he has accepted his wrongs and openly asked to be forgiven by his family and the Muslim community. Many people from the Muslim community have also called for the Sharia law to take action as he is a leading Muslim figure who has committed a crime under Ghana law and against God.
Now my take? First of all, call me old fashioned but I didn’t even know anal intercourse could cause such deep cuts and so much damage that you will have to undergo surgery. It is indeed disturbing for me to hear all this.
But what manner of teenager follows an unknown doctor into a place private enough to have anal seks?
There are so many teenagers out there who are very wayward and go chasing grown people themselves because they are either looking for an easy sugar daddy or sugar mummy.
Also the character of this young man is even more questionable as he insists he was raped five times by the doctor and the doctor insists it was only once last year. How does someone even rape you five times? Wouldn’t you stop going to see them after the first or second or third? What did you enjoy taking from them that kept you going back?
Let me again mention that this young man is HIV positive while the doctor insists he did not infect him. We cannot be sure because the doctor has not been made to undergo a test yet. But he insists he did not infect the boy.
Among all this, he bought a lot of goodies for the boy which the boy is still using. Several people have also claimed the boy tried blackmailing the doctor before finally telling on him.
Now on the doctor’s part, this is clearly not just a gay man, he is a gay man who likes children. Children he possibly forces himself upon which amounts to rape. He is a rapist and perhaps a paedophile and that is illegal anywhere on this planet.
Should the child be exempted from all blame? I do not think so but I think he has suffered already from having to undergo surgery due to his activities and from contracting a deadly disease.
This young man has not been able to tell his father upon all what is going on so can you imagine the shock his father will receive when he finds out his son is the boy at the centre of all this controversy?
I do not feel sorry for Doctor Gabass but I feel sorry for his wife and children. The ridicule and shame will last with them. Yet I am tempted to ask, are we dealing with a paedophile rapist or a wayward young man or both? Perhaps it is time for Ghana to take a good look at delicate sexual orientations and put down specific stands.
I don’t understand your point, as far as the 16 yr old boy. The bottom line is that by law he is a minor, and as such he lacks the capacity to consent (to the sexual acts). Hence he was raped.
I don’t understand your point, as far as the 16 yr old boy. The bottom line is that by law he is a minor, and as such he lacks the capacity to consent (to the sexual acts). Hence he was raped.
what is wrong with you people? You wanna be on the left of every issue.
what is wrong with you people? You wanna be on the left of every issue.
The fact that he is a minor, this doctor shouldn’t even have thought of s*xing him no matter how tempting he was. Teens & young adults (both female and male) are so desperate these days in GH and would do anything for material things. It’s you the adult that has to becareful of who you deal with in such act.
This doctor could have defended himself of this rape issue if it wasnt a minor involved. I dont feel sorry for him, next time he will think twice and will becareful of where he puts his pen*s. Kwasia like that.
The fact that he is a minor, this doctor shouldn’t even have thought of s*xing him no matter how tempting he was. Teens & young adults (both female and male) are so desperate these days in GH and would do anything for material things. It’s you the adult that has to becareful of who you deal with in such act.
This doctor could have defended himself of this rape issue if it wasnt a minor involved. I dont feel sorry for him, next time he will think twice and will becareful of where he puts his pen*s. Kwasia like that.
@legal, 16 years is the age of consent in Ghana-check your facts well. He is not Minor. In some countries it is even 14 years and below.
really? i thought it was 18yrs
If the age of consent in Ghana is 16, still it is alleged that the acts began when the boy was 15. Hence he was a minor.
@legal, 16 years is the age of consent in Ghana-check your facts well. He is not Minor. In some countries it is even 14 years and below.
really? i thought it was 18yrs
If the age of consent in Ghana is 16, still it is alleged that the acts began when the boy was 15. Hence he was a minor.
This article makes a very good point. Condemning the doctor but also questioning the character of the young boy. So if the doctor comes out as hiv negative, it will be obvious the boy is doing other things.
Been saying this thing. The doctor is a horrible human being but that boy is not completely innocent.
This article makes a very good point. Condemning the doctor but also questioning the character of the young boy. So if the doctor comes out as hiv negative, it will be obvious the boy is doing other things.
Been saying this thing. The doctor is a horrible human being but that boy is not completely innocent.
i agree with you a hundred and one percent. we are all blaming the doctor yet no one is looking at the issue from other angles. How well was that child trained? couldnt he decipher between good and bad? how come he kept going?
i agree with you a hundred and one percent. we are all blaming the doctor yet no one is looking at the issue from other angles. How well was that child trained? couldnt he decipher between good and bad? how come he kept going?
proprietor of “Great Lamptey Mills” got the 16 year old girl pregnant the court could not charge and prosecute him because the age of sex consent in Ghana is 16 years. Technically the law cannot charge the doctor in this case. But However Sodomy is an illegal offense punishable by law on both the doctor and 16 year old boy
proprietor of “Great Lamptey Mills” got the 16 year old girl pregnant the court could not charge and prosecute him because the age of sex consent in Ghana is 16 years. Technically the law cannot charge the doctor in this case. But However Sodomy is an illegal offense punishable by law on both the doctor and 16 year old boy
The disjoint relationship between the age of sexual consent and the age of a child in Ghana could wryly be named; absurdity. How can the Children’s Act expressly state a child as anyone below the age of 18—and also in Ghana’s domestic legistation (of course the Children’s Act is also part of our local laws), the age of marriage is 18. But when it comes to age of sexual consent, it is confusingly placed at 16.
The condraction on both legal and moral grounds is clear—more so, it will be difficult for any right person to justify, that a 16 year old person can legally have consentual sex and yet cannot marry simply because he or she is still a child at 16.
The insanity springs from the fact that, in effect, we are allowing children to have sex. But I guess this is a topic for a differenr discourse.
There are two ways to correct this paradox; which is to adjust the age of sexual consent to 18—so that, we can say, any person termed as a child cannot give sexual consent. So unless the person is 18 or above, he or she cannot give any form of sexual consent. And at this same age, the person is no more a child so can marry.
The other alternative though will be met with international law rejections is to lower the age of a child to 15 and below—which would obviously mean that, at 16 a person is no more a child and can marry or give sexual consent. This will not be possible because of the various internatonal laws that Ghana is signatory to; which have positioned the age of a child at 18.
this child is evil and i believe he needed help thats why he came out now to speak.what has changed?after all thses years you r out destroying the image of a man u allowed to have s*x with u.16 years what are you doing accepting a man as a friend?what was his motive?five times anal s*x wont cause such impact leading to surgery.this boy deserves everything that is happening to him and more.no empathy here.
May be he was threaten, have u thought about that, u know this high mighties they will threaten and scared u to death shower u with a lot of gifts and money this boy in question cuold be poor like a church rat u can imagine..u know children of now adays..so don’t blame the boy at all the doctor should have known better for such an abominable act
i didnt have alot growing up and i have been content with myself and the little i earn so far.trust me kids these days dont fear anything.no amount of threat can keep them quiet.once is rape,but 5 times is not.who is he trying to fool here?
The disjoint relationship between the age of sexual consent and the age of a child in Ghana could wryly be named; absurdity. How can the Children’s Act expressly state a child as anyone below the age of 18—and also in Ghana’s domestic legistation (of course the Children’s Act is also part of our local laws), the age of marriage is 18. But when it comes to age of sexual consent, it is confusingly placed at 16.
The condraction on both legal and moral grounds is clear—more so, it will be difficult for any right person to justify, that a 16 year old person can legally have consentual sex and yet cannot marry simply because he or she is still a child at 16.
The insanity springs from the fact that, in effect, we are allowing children to have sex. But I guess this is a topic for a differenr discourse.
There are two ways to correct this paradox; which is to adjust the age of sexual consent to 18—so that, we can say, any person termed as a child cannot give sexual consent. So unless the person is 18 or above, he or she cannot give any form of sexual consent. And at this same age, the person is no more a child so can marry.
The other alternative though will be met with international law rejections is to lower the age of a child to 15 and below—which would obviously mean that, at 16 a person is no more a child and can marry or give sexual consent. This will not be possible because of the various internatonal laws that Ghana is signatory to; which have positioned the age of a child at 18.
this child is evil and i believe he needed help thats why he came out now to speak.what has changed?after all thses years you r out destroying the image of a man u allowed to have s*x with u.16 years what are you doing accepting a man as a friend?what was his motive?five times anal s*x wont cause such impact leading to surgery.this boy deserves everything that is happening to him and more.no empathy here.
May be he was threaten, have u thought about that, u know this high mighties they will threaten and scared u to death shower u with a lot of gifts and money this boy in question cuold be poor like a church rat u can imagine..u know children of now adays..so don’t blame the boy at all the doctor should have known better for such an abominable act
i didnt have alot growing up and i have been content with myself and the little i earn so far.trust me kids these days dont fear anything.no amount of threat can keep them quiet.once is rape,but 5 times is not.who is he trying to fool here?