They were arrested and put before the Weija Circuit Court on Monday without legal representation, and remanded into police custody to appear again April 1. The group claims “an Investigator at the [Odorkor Police] Station, Officer Jonas, however, informed us that the accused persons had been transferred to the Police Headquarters”. The group described the attitude of the police as “an obvious violation” of the accused persons right to legal representation as enshrined in the 1992 constitution. HRAC is demanding the Police immediately provide it with imformation on the whereabouts of the driver and his mate. It said it has written to the Police, the IGP “demand immediate access to the accused persons to enable us provide them with legal representation”.

Source: GhanaWeb March 21, 2019 09:00 UTC