The Oti Regional Deputy Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Dennis Fiakpui, has warned that withholding sex from a partner could be considered emotional abuse under Ghana’s Domestic Violence Act 732 of 2007.
Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA), ACP Fiakpui explained that women who refuse their husbands’ sexual intimacy may face charges of emotional abuse and, if convicted, could spend up to two years in prison.
He emphasized that the law works both ways, cautioning men who deny their wives sex. ACP Fiakpui encouraged women who experience emotional abuse in any form to report it to the police.
“If your husbands refuse to eat your food and make you unhappy and cause you emotional pain, you can also report it to the police, and if your husbands come home late and cause you to be unhappy, you can make a case at DOVSSU,” he said.
The ACP also highlighted that women who refuse sexual relations to their husbands should be reported in the same manner.
