Men are now trooping to WAJU with long lists of complaints

Contrary to public perception that the Women and Juvenile Unit of the Police service, (WAJU), is highly patronized by women, men are said to be currently going there in their numbers.
According to the Station Officer, Rita Narh, the unit records about twenty cases by men every week. Most of the cases involve wives battering their husbands.
She said while some of the men often visit the unit with their genitals squeezed, broken or bitten, others come with their cheeks bitten off.
John Biney, 43, a mason residing at Israel, a suburb of Accra, surprisingly showed up at the unit on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 to report a case of battering by a woman.
Narrating his ordeal to the officer, Biney said he has been in relationship with the accused, Evelyn Abudey, 32, for over three years.
He said although the necessary rites were not performed, relatives from both sides were aware of their relationship.
Biney said Evelyn moved in with him after a disagreement ensued between her and her father. He said although he supported Evelyn financially to run her provision kiosk, she was often impatient and insulted him publicly whenever he was unable to give her money.
They separated as a result of Evelyn’s outrageous behaviour. He said even though he had only one child with Evelyn, he used to cater for two other children Evelyn had with different man.
However, he said Evelyn withdrew the only child between them from school, claiming that Biney did not perform the formal naming ceremony. Biney however explained that he performed the ceremony without any of his family members present, saying that they refused to come because Evelyn had insulted her mother.
He said he reported the case to the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, (CHRAJ) to intervene to give his child the opportunity to go to school. But Evelyn failed to show up when she was invited.
He said it was when he was instructed to present an invitation to Evelyn when she subjected him to severe beatings, squeezing his neck and leaving his clothes torn.