A social media user, claiming to be a veteran social worker, has made allegations against the Ghana Police Service, asserting that Elrad Salifu Amoako, the 16-year-old involved in the recent East Legon accident that claimed two lives, is not being held at the correctional centre as reported by the police.
In a Facebook post, the user, known as EmpressPapa A-Amigos, claimed that Elrad Amoako was not brought to the correctional facility after his remand by the juvenile court. This post has sparked concerns about the boy's whereabouts.
The account holder stated that he has worked as a state-trained social worker since 1990 at the Boys Remand Home, the designated lawful custody centre for juvenile offenders in Accra. According to the post, he checked the centre on the day of Amoako's remand, and no new juveniles, including Amoako, were reportedly received.
"Ghana Police Service, come clear on this. I am a state-trained social worker since 1989. I started working at the Boys Remand Home in 1990; it is the only lawful child custody center in Accra. Children are only committed to correctional centers when the Juvenile Court takes a decision on the case. For now, it is supposed to be the Boys Remand Home where he should be kept by law."
The user further claimed, "When I worked there, we kept children on murder charges, and I handled them. So, which Remand Home is Salifu's son? The doors of the Remand Home were open when I checked today. No boy has been received."
These comments come after a police update on the tragic East Legon accident.
The police stated that Elrad Salifu Amoako was remanded by the Accra Juvenile and Family Court on November 1, 2024, facing eight charges, including manslaughter, and is expected to reappear in court on November 7, 2024.
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