The commercial driver and the mate who were seen in a viral video fighting a uniformed police offer have accused the Police of using torture to force them to plead guilty.
The pair - Francis Buabeng (driver) and Albert Ansah (mate) - who were granted bail last Friday by a Weija Circuit Court after the intervention of nine lawyers say the Police used torture in an attempt to force them to accept the charges which they later denied in court.
Mr Buabeng in an interview with Joy FM said they were brutalised in Police custody after their initial arrest till their first appearance in court. He said he feared for their lives when they were remanded into Police custody for two-weeks because the torture got more intense.
He added that a CID officer and some policemen after the beatings advised them to accept the guilty plea and ask for forgiveness in court.
Mr Buabeng explained that they pleaded not guilty in court because after listening to the charges they realised that was not was transpired.
They claimed that, the Police were very furious on their return to jail and vented their spleen by slapping them around and keeping them in inhumane conditions.
Background
On March 14, 2019, the driver and his mate engaged in fisticuffs with a police officer, Constable Julius Mawuli Ekpe. The incident went viral after video footage was uploaded on social media.
The court admitted the two to bail to the tune of 10,000 cedis each with two sureties. The case has been adjourned to April 1.
Source: Graphic.com
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It very unfortunate that people who suppose to know better are doing otherwise else how can a whole uniform police officer jump onto a bike just to arrest a driver who have jump the RED LIGHT. What is the sense in that? I ask because he the officer leaving his duty post to chase this driver for that offense,by the time he returned to post,TENS of such offense might have been committed by other drivers and what happens to those drivers too? Is he going to continue chasing every driver on that stretch? This officer should have use his head by taken the Offending vehicle number and relayed it to the nearest police post. Common sense they say is common but is not common to everybody.
@mile, is the uniform God? the citizens gave them the power to police, if they abuse the power, citizens have the right to defend their right and the constitution which makes human right a basic fundamental.
They should have been maltreated more. how can you look at the uniform and fight it.