A 63 year-old driver, Vincent K. Gbewonuyo, who allegedly crossed a presidential motorcade on the El Wak-Burma Camp road killing Sergeant E. K. Owusu, a dispatch rider last Friday, appeared before the James Town Community Tribunal on Monday.
Gbewonuyo, whose plea is yet to be taken was remanded in prison custody to reappear on September 10. Prosecuting, Inspector Michael Quarm told the tribunal chaired by Mrs Shraha Ankomah that the Police have not completed their investigation and would need sometime to do so.
“The accused, if granted bail, might temper with Police investigations”, Inspector Quarm added.
The tribunal ordered that the accused be sent to the hospital for further examination. Mr Chris Ackumey, counsel for the Gbewonuyo, prayed the tribunal to grant his client bail since “Gbewonuyo is an accident victim, who would need medical attention at the hospital”.
He said his client had suffered enough shock and trauma from the accident, adding “my client should be kept alive to assist the Police in their investigations”.
Sgt Owusu, popularly known as “Burger”, was leading the presidential convoy from the Castle, Osu to Burma Camp, when Gbewonuyo, driving a Mazda pickup with registration number GT 1824 ran into his motorbike.
Sgt Owusu sustained serious injuries and was taken to the 37 Military Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Source: GhanaWeb
