GBA expresses shock at the death of driver

The Ghana Bar Association has expressed shock and dismay at the sudden death of the driver being kept in custody for allegedly crossing the presidential convoy on the Accra-Tema Motorway.

Four bodyguards of President Jerry John Rawlings died in the accident. A statement signed Mr Ebow Quashie, President of the GBA in Accra, called on the police, as a matter of extreme urgency, to make available to the coroner the police docket to enable an inquest required by law to be carried on the corpse.

It said the results should be published without delay to clear the minds of Ghanaians. "The police must act and act now to clear the minds of Ghanaians that the driver's dignity as provided under the 1992 Constitution was not violated leading to his death."

The GBA said the driver was refused bail and sent back to prison custody when his counsel had asked for bail for him. The statement said the GBA considers the matter as a human rights issue. -