I was wrongfully arrested for threatening driver’s mate – Street boy speaks

Elijah Nketiah, a street boy in the busy city of Accra has shared his ordeal of being subjected to an "unfounded investigation" by the police after he was wrongfully arrested for threatening driver’s mate.

According to him, the police besieged his place of work one morning disguised as patrons looking to buy his services.

Elijah has not got a regular job but moves on the go with anything that he can make money out of. He is mostly a mobile car washer.

Speaking to Benabi Discovery, Elijah narrated that he found himself with his friends at American House- East Legon, Accra after recording poor business day in town.

They were banking their hopes on laying their hands on something worthwhile in American House until they were met with an unpleasant situation.

“We were all working at a commonplace and we were not making money. We decided to go to American House, maybe our luck will shine there. So we hopped onto a trotro but we did not have enough money to pay for our fare.”

All efforts to get the driver and mate to pardon us for shortchanging them could not sail through, he added.

“My friends got into an argument with the mate and they all traded some cold words. I got down from the car leaving my friends to continue their journey. I did not know what happened afterwards”.

The police looked out to arrest me the following day after the mate reported that I threatened him in the car, he indicated

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