Ghanaian Highlife artiste, George Kwabena Adu, professionally known as Kwabena Kwabena has advised women to walk away from abusive marriages and relationships.
Speaking in an interview on Accra FM, the musician urged women not to hesitate exiting toxic relationships because any act of physical assault from their partner is not a sign of love.
“If someone who says he loves you physically abuses you, that is not love. The moment your man lifts his hand to hit you, please leave such a relationship. Even if you are married, if your husband beats you, pack your bags and go back to your father’s house,” he said.
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The highlife legend further asserted strongly that he would not tolerate any form of abuse against his daughter if she got into a relationship.
“If my daughter is getting married, I will tell her husband one thing: he either takes care of her or leaves her alone. The moment I hear that she is going through abuse, I would personally go and pick her up from her husband’s house and bring her home,” he told host Nana Romeo.
He also condemned men who engage in any form of domestic violence, saying that they “have to bow down their heads in shame.”
The musician’s advice comes at the back of the latest figures released by the Ghana Statistical Service on domestic violence.
The report released last month indicated that more than 28.4 per cent of all women aged 15 to 49 years experienced one form of intimate partner violence in 2021.
The figure represents a decrease trend in physical, emotional and sexual violence against women from 2008 to 2022 (33.6 to 28.4 percent).
The report noted that physical violence against women decreased from 17.3 per cent in 2008 to 9.8 per cent in 2022.