Singer Efya calls for tougher punishment for rapists

Ghanaian singer Efya has called for stricter punishment for people who commit sexual violence, saying current penalties do not deter offenders enough.

Speaking in an interview with BBC Pidgin monitred by MyNewsGh, the award-winning artiste expressed concern about how abusers often escape severe consequences.

“People like they abuse them those things and then they rape them,” she said. “We forget some drastic punishments give the people where they do that.”

Efya questioned why some suspects are granted bail and allowed to walk freely despite serious allegations.

“Sometimes, some people, they get bail. This one goes, you know, and then they still there outside, and they still, they do them again,” she stated.

She added that the justice system must take stronger action to protect victims and prevent repeat offences.

“They give, you know, they give say something where you for stop do, but me, I still dey talk say I beg,” she said.

Efya went further to express her personal view on punishment for rapists.

“Me, I still dey talk say, they rapist, me, they castrate them,” she said.