GRi in Court Ghana 07 - 11 - 2000
Driver fined for obstructing
President's convoy
Driver fined for
obstructing President's convoy
Berekum (Brong Ahafo) 07 November
2000
The Berekum Community Tribunal has
fined Kwabena Kyere, a Taxi driver, 500,000 cedis for crossing the convoy of
President Rawlings on November 2 at Berekum.
The accused was said to have
ignored signals by the police to stop when the convoy was driving towards
Adamsu in the Jaman district.
He pleaded guilty to the charge of
obstruction and asked the tribunal, chaired by Mr Richard Kogwapwa, to deal
leniently with him.
The prosecutor said the police
striking force, led by Deputy Superintendent K. Tweneboah, signalled the
accused to stop but he ignored it. The police chased and arrested him.
A similar incident on the
Accra-Tema motorway resulted in a fatal accident in which four of the
President's bodyguards and a civilian lost their lives.
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