Charles Taylor?s father's fate to be decided

The Tarkwa divisional command of the Ghana Police Service has stated that it was only the attorney general?s department that could direct whether to charge Robert Asoman, the father of Charles Taylor, the Kotoko player, with murder, manslaughter or even set him free after his recent arrest in connection with the lynching incident as Sefwi Asawinso.
On July 6 this year the police at Asawinso arrested Robert Asoman together with his driver following the lynching of one Robert Appiah said to be a native of Abuakwa in Ashanti region.
The deceased was said to have been lynched after being found in a private car belonging to the footballer?s father.
The car was said to have been parked at a fitting shop at the time of the incident.
The case was later transferred from Sefwi Asawinso to Tarkwa in the Wassa West district that also serves as divisional headquarters for the Sefwi police for further investigations.
Robert Asoman has since been granted bail together with his driver.
Chief Supt. Baiden, the divisional commander, who spoke to the chronicle in an interview said even though investigation had established that it was Robert Asoman?s driver who raised the alarm that led to the lynching of the deceased, there was no evidence now that Charles Taylor?s father was deeply involved in the crime.
Baiden however said his comment should not be misconstrued to mean that Charles Taylor?s father had been set free from any charge adding that it was the attorney general department that could determine that.
He further told the chronicle that the police had still not submitted the docket on the case to A-G office for advice because they were yet to take a statement from a key witness in the case, one Cecelia Acheampong who is said to have traveled.
According to Chief Supt. Baiden Ms. Acheampong is the Proprietress of Elizabeth Maternity home at Asawin where the deceased was initially sent to for medical attention before he was abandoned on the street to die.
Baiden told this reporter that when the mob that pounced on the deceased sent the latter to the maternity home, Ms. Cecilia Acheampong refused to accept him because of his worsened condition and instead advised that he should be sent to Asafo hospital.
It is therefore the contention of the police that it was only Ms. Cecilia Acheampong that could identify the Mob that brought the deceased to her maternity home.
Also she is the only person that could say whether she saw Charles Taylor?s father among the crowd that came to her maternity home with the deceased or not.
Baiden further said though he had sent investigators more than once to take statement from the proprietress of the maternity home, they had not been able to locate her as she was said to have traveled and had still not returned.
He gave assurance that as soon as they were able to locate Ms. Cecilia Acheampong to give her statement, the docket on the case would be forwarded to the attorney general office to determine whether Robert Asoman and his driver should be charged with murder, manslaughter or set him free for lack of evidence.
Meanwhile a post mortem that would determine the actual cause of the death had been performed on the deceased. Chronicle