The police allegedly tortured the trotro driver and his companion; likely to have erectile dysfunction

General News of Saturday, March 23, 2019

Source: 3news.com

2019-03-23

The commercial driver (trotro) and his conductor accused of badaulting a police officer were allegedly tortured in police custody and are reportedly in critical condition in the cells of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI).

The driver's left eye, Francis Buabeng, is "almost damaged" and was left with a bad ear due to repeated slapping and severe beatings by the police officer, the driver and his mate allegedly badaulted.

Buaben and his companion, Albert Ansah, face a possible erectile problem because the policeman whose name was not given, would have trampled countless times on the basin and the scrotum of the two men during the torture.

COPEC executive secretary Duncan Amoah disclosed this information to 3news.com after visiting the defendants in BNI cells on Friday, accompanied by lawyers and Amnesty International officials from Ghana and the Center. defense of human rights.

According to Mr. Amoah, the driver and his companion recounted that the ordeal took place on Monday, after the Wieja Court of Appeal had placed them in police proceedings.

After the court proceedings, he stated that the police officer at the center of the case had apprehended the driver and the second "handcuffs in custody and subjected to[ed] severely beaten, tortured and ill-treated ".

He stated that it was after the torture incident that the two men had been transferred from custody to the BNI, where he had stated: "They have been relatively safer and better treated and have in particular received the drugs from the good officers of the BNI ".

"BNI has done its best since moving there," he said.

He added that the two accused's lawyers "worked tirelessly" to ensure that both were released on bail as soon as possible, so that they could see a doctor immediately because "their health conditions deteriorate every hour ".

Context

Buabeng and Ansah were arrested last week after being captured in a video exchanging shots with a uniformed police officer at a bus stop around Weija in Accra.

The reports suggest that the driver jumped at a red light and that the officer continued his motorcycle riding to a bus stop where the officer allegedly badaulted the driver who had also descended from the bus. bus to retaliate in the same way.

They were arrested and brought before the Weija District Court on Monday without legal representation, and then taken into custody to appear again on 1 April.

The HRAC, which decided Wednesday to provide legal services to both people, could not find the trace of the accused because the various police stations they visited, including the headquarters of the police, said they did not have them in their custody.

HRAC said on Thursday that although the Odorkor District police claimed to have transferred the two men to the Accra police headquarters, the headquarters officials also denied receiving the defendants.

This prompted HRAC to write to ask where were the two police officers, the Ghana Police Service, the IGP and the CID police.

Following this letter, CID police invited HRAC as well as Amnesty International Ghana, who also joined the appeals to the two accused's appearance, at a meeting on Friday during which they were informed that both men had been transferred to BNI custody.

The CID police reportedly explained at the meeting that they had transferred the two defendants to BNI for security reasons.