Audio By Carbonatix
On Wednesday between 3 pm and 6 pm a 30-year-old community football coach drowned in the Odaw river in Accra after a foot chase.
The deceased escaped arrest and started a foot chase, however, the reason for the arrest by the police remains unknown.
Residents of the area, Adabraka who witnessed the event said that the football coach was pursued by two police officers and was an informant.
“They were pursing him so well that at a point I thought it was an attack. I think that’s why he tried saving himself in the lagoon.
"I saw it from a distance but the people who stood behind the policemen told them not to enter the water or else they will shoot," a resident recollected.
In protest to the conduct of the police officers, the Adabraka residents chanted and marched to the Adabraka police station.
The deceased body was dumped at the station and nearby properties including a taxi were vandalised and destroyed.
Three vehicles in total were allegedly vandalised by the aggrieved residents from Adabraka who save a fellow resident.
Latest Stories
-
Politicians who dismiss vote-buying are ‘dreaming’ and ignoring reality – Mary Addah
3 minutes -
Eldest son of late Ya-Na enskinned as Dagbon Regent – Mahama urges calm in selection of new Overlord
12 minutes -
Supreme Court ruling reinforces OSP – Oliver Barker-Vormawor
29 minutes -
Expanding delegate base the right way to go, but not a total cure for vote-buying – Transparency International
31 minutes -
Police arrest two over viral video of 12-year-old driving articulated truck
32 minutes -
Supreme Court’s ‘one member, one vote’ ruling reflects vote-buying concerns – Mary Addah
43 minutes -
Courts must go beyond acquittals and demand accountability – Transparency International
1 hour -
Oliver Barker-Vormawor demands broader state support for party primaries
1 hour -
Uefa has ‘lost confidence’ in Fifa leadership
2 hours -
Spain attacks ‘selfish’ response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
2 hours -
Sedina appeal ruling gives hope to Wontumi appeal — NPP legal director
2 hours -
Prosecution’s duty is to pursue justice, not simply secure convictions – Inusah Fuseini
2 hours -
MTN, ECG & others celebrated at NPMC & PMEA 2026
2 hours -
It hurts when wrongdoing goes unpunished – Manasseh Azure Awuni laments accountability gap
3 hours -
Ghanaian banks go global as First Atlantic Bank expands into Liberia
3 hours