East Legon Accident: Anger as UGMC medical officer prevents police from interrogating Salifu Amoako’s son

The families of the two young girls who died in the fatal East Legon accident caused, according to the Ghana Police Service (GPS) by a suspect driver who is the son of popular preacher Elisha Salifu Amoako, are angry and disappointed as the medical officer attending to the preacher’s son at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC).

This was after the doctor claimed that the boy is not fit to be interrogated by the police even though he has been discharged from the hospital, sources close to the development have revealed.

The development has heightened suspicions and concerns among all interested parties in the matter as the move appears to be a deliberate attempt to tie the hands of the police in their effort to bring justice to families of the deceased victims, thereby stalling justice.

“It is unbelievable and shocking that a doctor will go ahead to discharge the boy from the hospital after undergoing all the various processes of healthcare and yet that same doctor has written a note to the police saying the boy cannot be interrogated by the police until he the same doctor says so. How is this fair to the families who are going through these difficult times? Why is the doctor bent on preventing the police from doing their work,” a family member of one of the victims bemoaned.

A UGMC staff member who also spoke on condition of anonymity said, “This is very strange, the boy is looking strong and in good shape so we cannot understand why Dr Fred Salawu appears to be shielding him from the police.

It appears Dr Salawu is being motivated by something else because this is very strange. It is just not fair to the girls who died and their families. Will this special treatment be extended to every person or it is because his father has money and influence?”

Meanwhile, sources say the Police are disappointed in the posture of the medical officer as all efforts to get the suspect interrogated has been impeded by the physician.

Nonetheless, officers of the Ghana Police Service are keeping an eye on the suspect until such time when the medical officer will clear him fit for an encounter with the law enforcement agency.

The accident which ignited massive public outcry led to the untimely death of two young girls, Maame Dwomoh Boateng, and Justine Mary-Ann Enyonam Agbenu, as their car caught fire after they were rammed into by the speeding vehicle driven by suspect driver Elrad Salifu Amoako.