The Ghanaian female employee of Marwako whose face was dipped in pepper by a supervisor, Evelyn Boakye, has indicated that she would not accept the apology rendered to her by her assailant, Jihad Chaabn.
For blowing the lid on the Marwako saga, “my co-workers have all turned against me,” Ms Evelyn Boakye, the Ghanaian kitchen staffer at the Abelenkpe branch of Marwako Fast Foods whose face was dipped into a paste of blended pepper by her Lebanese supervisor, has told Accra FM on Monday, 6 March.
Ms Boakye claims her decision not to sweep the issue under the carpet, as was done by other workers who suffered similar assault at the same restaurant in the past, incurred the wrath of her Ghanaian colleagues, who wanted her to ride on the current incident to extort money from their Lebanese boss.
“I was told by one Ali (also a worker there) that I was not the first person to have experienced this treatment at the place, and that even those handling the chicken also experienced same treatment. He suggested to me that we come together to use this incident to extort money from Chaaban but I said no, I wanted justice. Because I rejected that ploy, my co-workers have all turned against me …” she narrated to Chief Jerry Forson, host of Ghana Yensom on Monday, 6 March.
Meanwhile, Evelyn has turned down an apology from Jihad Chaaban who subjected her to the inhumane treatment.
Mr Chaaban, in a letter, apologised to Evelyn, saying: “I wish personally to sincerely apologise to you for the incident on the night of 26 February 2017 at our Abelenkpe place of work.
“True to God, all I sought to do was to point you to something I found wrong. I admit I was angry a bit at the moment and saw you panic and accidentally resulting in the pepper splashing onto your face.
“…I very sincerely regret the incident and apologise to you.”
Mr Chaaban also stated that the money he gave to the victim to pick a car to go to the hospital with on the night of the incident was not a bribe.
“Please don’t feel I have any hatred for you because you got the police to arrest me and I have to face prosecution and disciplinary proceedings at the same time. I also regret that you may have felt the transport money I gave you was intended to stop you from taking any action. I take my suspension in good faith because of what happened, which has not only hurt you but also brought such embarrassment to the company we both gave our best to give it the excellent reputation it enjoys,” he wrote.
The matter is currently being investigated by the police who arrested Mr Chaaban, interrogated him, and released him on bail.
Management of Marwako has also come out to condemn the incident and suspended Mr Chaaban over the matter until the police are done with investigations.
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Close down the company
This is usual with most of the labanese who are doing business in the country, I had a terrible experience, when a faulty Samsung 7 edge was sold to me at Melcom plus Ahodwo -Kumasi. I think Ghana service is partly to be blamed, coz in my case , reported it to the police on duty at the same venue, but was told nothing can be done to these shrewdd labanese Bizness men , those who buy from Samsung shops across the country should be careful, coz don't want any countrymen to suffer the same fate.
excuse my language but some ghanaians will continue to be f000000000000ls. those workers who have turned down on their colleague for reporting the incident to the police are f0000000000000000000000ls. can this incident happen in any country without any action taken? how can a foreigner come to ghana , be on our soil and try to play stuuuuuupiiiidiiity? nonsensse.. no wonder ghana is just some uselesss country because of certain idiooootics
I was mad when I heard the news but after reading the guys apology I think it"s best we forgive him cos I he has regretted his action.
That guy must face our law for his people to know we have law governing us and we are not lawless country, what kind of inhumane are these people, we travel to ur country u maltreat us and in our country too u want to do same to us wht do u take us for, abeg Otiko use this guy as a scape goaaatt to his feloow expats
I support the view of Concerned Man. As well as insurance, welfare and the rest, SSNIT be up and doing and check if they pay SSNIT contributions for their staff.
Ms Evelyn, am really sorry for what happend to you. It good in a sense for reporting such case because it can lead to a serious injury. The supervisor should be warn and taken on to educate the media not commit such act. Thank you.
these people, they don't change, you go to their country trouble, they come to your country trouble. Ghanaian should stop going to such places and stop working with such people in Ghana, they are evil. they talk about peace and do the opposite, their joy is tormenting innocent people, stay away from them.
Otiko Djaba. This case is a test case to you and your ministry. We are watching how you will handle this issue with "I BELIEVE IN GHANA, I PLEDGE" patriotism spirit our new president is rallying us for. Can you any do this in China, America, India, Britain Korea, Iran, Iraq etc etc and go free???????
we should organise a national call of no patronage of the company services/products any more, close down the company for next 90 days, ghc500,000.00 fine to lady