The student who was brutalized by a CID officer for
chasing his girlfriend has petitioned the Police Administration to investigate
the matter.
The victim, Hayford Osei, wants Detective Corporal Ebenezer Antwi punished
severely for unlawfully assaulting a civilian he was supposed to protect.
Detective Corporal Antwi attached to Donkro Nkwanta in the Nkoranza South
District Police Command in the Bono Region accused Hayford, a native of the
town and a student of University of Education, Winneba, of flirting with his
girlfriend whom he has a child.
Hayford has petitioned the Nkoranza South District Police Command and the
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for necessary
action to be taken against the CID man.
The petition presented on behalf of the family of Hayford by Baffour Akoto
& Associates Legal Practitioners and Barristers asked the Police
Administration to ensure the case is fully investigated by neutral persons to
ensure justice, fair play and the necessary redress addressed or face court
action.
They said they were filing the petition because of the “lackadaisical attitude
of Donkro Nkwanta Police Station, where the detective corporal works as a CID
officer, to investigate the matter when the case was reported there by the
victim.”
It said the position taken by the station that the victim deserves the assault
because he was in the house of the lady in question (Adwoa Serwaa) for an
amorous relationship, is unfounded.
According to the petition, the fact that the CID officer after assaulting
Hayford took his (student) mobile phone and flushed it and deleted all
information on it in an attempt to conceal the truth that Adwoa was the one who
first called Hayford to bring her GH¢5 to buy pampers for her baby showed that
the station officer called Inspector Martin Adjei and the police were
perverting justice.
DAILY GUIDE also learnt that after the Police Administration had received the
petition, there was a meeting between the Divisional Police Command and a
delegation of the family of the victim to discuss the issue.
New Twist
According to sources, when the CID man was asked about the issue, he told his
superiors that it was a fowl thief he assaulted and not somebody who came to
visit his girlfriend.
During the meeting, it was agreed that the police would go for a court order to
enable them to get itemized call details from MTN to detect who initiated the
phone call between Hayford and the CID man’s girlfriend. After the meeting, the
family told DAILY GUIDE that if they did not hear anything from the police
within two weeks, they would sue the CID man.
Basic Facts
Hayford’s elder brother used to date the lady at the centre of the issue but
broke up with her before the lady dated the police officer with whom she now
has a baby.
On May, 7, 2020, at about 11pm, Hayford, who was doing online examination on
his phone due to the temporary closure of schools as a result of the Covid-19
outbreak, said he received persistent calls from Serwaa demanding GH¢5 to buy
pampers for her baby.
However, the persistent calls from Serwaa were disrupting his work on the phone
so he asked her to stop calling him with a promise to go to her house to
deliver the money later.
“So, I went to her house at about 11pm and she gave me a chair to sit on. All
of a sudden, somebody gave me a hefty slap on my face from behind. I fell down
and the person continued to give me hefty blows on the ground till blood
streamed on my face, while the lady stood aloof for her boyfriend to brutalize
me. I lost my phone in the process. I had to run into the nearby bush to escape
death,” Hayford recounted.
Hayford, who suffered multiple cuts on his face, nose, and mouth, is currently
nursing his wounds.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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