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General News of Wednesday, 13 March 2002

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Presidential security Guard to be buried at Nkroful

Burial takes place at Nkroful in the Western Region on Saturday, March 16, of the late Constable Samuel Kingsley Kwaw, one of the President's Security Guards, who died in a motor accident on the Accra-Aflao road on February 2.
A family spokesman told newsmen in Accra on Tuesday that there would be a wake-keeping on Friday, March 15 before the burial. Constable Kwaw, 29, popularly known as "Possible", died shortly on admission at the Tema General Hospital.
Security sources told newsmen that another Presidential Security Guard, who died during the accident, Constable Maurice Afranie from Apatrapa in the Ashanti Region would be buried a week later on Saturday, March 23.
Three other occupants of the Toyota Landcruiser, which was involved in the accident, sustained injuries and were admitted to the 37 Military and Police hospitals in Accra.
They were Corporal Kingsford Fofie, Mr George Amoafo, the driver of the vehicle and Detective Corporal Samuel Dwamena. The accident occurred when the President's convoy was on its way to Accra after an official assignment at Agbozume in the Volta Region.