[ 2017-05-16 ]

Kwabena Danso

I’ve lost hope in police, says ‘assaulted’ taxi driver
Kwabena Danso, the taxi driver in the dreadful
incident of alleged police brutality at Anyaa in
Accra in which he was allegedly stripped naked by
a policeman, has condemned the hierarchy of the
Ghana Police Service for exonerating its officer
whom he said treated him inhumanely.

According to him, the outcome of the police
investigation into the misfortune that befell him
was a charade.

Danso on May 2, 2017 was aggressively manhandled
by Gabriel Tabiri, stationed at the Anyaa Police
Station. Pictures of the incident went viral on
social media.

Distraught by the news, first reported by
StarrFMonline.com, the Inspector General of
Police, David Asante-Apeatu, on May 3, 2017,
ordered immediate investigations into the
incident.

The police on Friday, May 12, 2017, challenged the
veracity of the report of alleged police brutality
in the Anyaa incident.

According to the outcome of the investigation, the
taxi driver stripped himself naked in his bid to
avoid arrest.

The findings read in part that: “The taxi driver
drove through a red light at Anyaa Market Junction
on May 2, 2017.

“The taxi driver resisted lawful arrest,
struggled with arresting officer, tearing his own
trousers and dress to free himself from the grip
of the arresting officer. The taxi driver
assaulted the police officer in uniform as
corroborated by witnesses.”

However, in his reaction to the outcome of the
investigation on Friday, May 12, 2017, in an
interview on ‘Starr Midday News’ on Starr FM,
Danso said he was extremely disappointed by the
turn of events.

“Now I know that there is no truth in this
country,” he told Kweku Obeng Adjei,, the host
of ‘Starr Midday News’, adding, “I have lost
hope.”

Background

A policeman stationed at the Anyaa police station
allegedly accosted the taxi driver at a fuel
station after he had allegedly jumped the light
and allegedly ended up tearing apart his
clothing.

“Frequent users of that Anyaa stretch of the
highway know that particular traffic light is
faulty. It is usually on amber or switches to red
and within a blink of an eye it turns green, then
amber then red,” Danso explained to
Starrfmonline.com and this has been corroborated
by drivers who use that road often.

“I was surprised the police officer came all the
way to the filling station and said I was under
arrest. I explained to him that the light
doesn’t work and it’s a fact and even pointed
it to him, but he insisted I have flouted traffic
regulations.”

Source - Graphic.com.gh

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