A police officer has killed a motorrider around Taifa on the Achimota-Amasaman highway - CastinoStudios |
A trending Facebook post by one Moro Ibrahim reported this afternoon that a police officer has killed a motorrider around Taifa on the Achimota-Amasaman highway.
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According to the post, the rider whose identity is yet to be established was being chased by the police officer whose name is yet to be revealed on the highway, only to be kicked to the ground for not complying with his orders.
The young man fell to the ground and was run over by a speeding car at his back killing him instantly.
According to eyewitnesses, the motorrider might have been speeding off the highway not because he wanted to avoid interrogation or arrest by the police officer.
They said riders have had several confrontations with police officers on duty on that stretch, adding that there are two of these officers who often do that to motor riders.
One eyewitness said the police officer was also riding on a motorbike. He noted that the police officer wasn't harmed after causing the death of the young man.
He said the police officer got close to the rider and kicked him off his bike. Suddenly, a speeding car ran Over the rider causing his sudden death.
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“He was crushed. The motor is a new one he just bought and was taking it to Amasaman," the eyewitness said.
Another eyewitness disclosed that the rate of extortion by Police officers on that section of the road is terrible. “The motor riders are always threatened with assault by these officers”, he added.
"It is something they do. They will pursue you from Achimota to this area all because they want to extort money from you. It is a highway and no one can stop on that road”, the people living around the scene said.
The residents who witnessed how the officer violently caused the death of the rider stormed the scene and attempted to mob him. It took the news reporters' intervention for the officer to escape their wrath.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary and police reinforcement has visited the scene to investigate the matter.
The Deputy News Editor for Angel FM, Patrick Nana Gyenin has gotten his phone smashed by another police officer.
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According to the reporter, the officer confronted them to stop filming the scene and out of provocation hit Mr. Gyenin's hand and smashed his phone.
Enough of the security brutality, #LetTheLawWork
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