Krofrom: My son was not an armed robber – Victim’s mother

Adjoa Wotwi, mother of Koo Tawiah, who was beaten to death by two police officers at Krofrom in the Ashanti Region has accused the police of deliberately killing her son.

She has debunked a recent police report that her son was an armed robber , adding that the security officers are hiding something under their sleeves.

Speaking on Atinka FM’s political show “Simpieso” Tuesday, the aggrieved mother raised some crucial concerns that it was unusual for the Police Administration to suddenly decide they would foot the mortuary bills of the deceased, engage their musical band at the victim’s funeral grounds.

She further explained that such a gesture from them does not apply to all the deceased persons who are shot by the police. After the killing of the gentleman, the police led by DCOP Kofi Boakye did their investigation and said their hands were clean.

An announcement which did not go down well with the bereaved family; and their pain was aggravated when the autopsy report suggest that their son died from a heart failure. This was rejected by the family.

The police went further to confiscate the mortal remains of the victim saying they would only release the body upon the family’s acceptance of the autopsy report. Chief of the area Nana Sarponghene intervene and called for a mutual settlement.

Reports indicated that top police officers from Accra met with the family and Nana Sarponghene. The body of the late Koo Tawiah was released to them in addition to a police report which stated that the deceased was an armed robber.

Indeed the autopsy report and that of the police conflict. The mother alleged that the police had taken her late son’s cell phones. She cursed and cast a spell on all those who been involved in the incident. She called gods like Tigari, Keteku and river god Amaniapon to vent their spleen on the perpetrators.