A Joy FM listener has recounted his near-death experience with some officers of the Ghana Police Service in 2015.

Narrating his ordeal, Daniel who is a truck driver, said he was travelling to Elubo around 1 am when he reached a police barrier near Cape Coast and was signalled to stop.

According to him, the officer who was conducting the inspection called him a robot for working at an odd hour and he retaliated.

The officer was, however, unenthused by Daniel's comment and threw his documents at him and sent him off.

For Daniel, that was the end of the short misunderstanding. But he was wrong, the worst was yet to come.

Barely two minutes after he was acquitted, he realised he was been pursued by a police vehicle.

“They gave me a hot chase and signalled me to park but looking at their demeanour, I knew it wasn’t going to end well so I sped off. I was hoping to reach another police barrier or a township before I stop. Fortunately, I found a filling station and I parked there. Immediately I alighted from my vehicle these police officers pounced on me.

“They were about five. They hit me with their batons and some kicked me in my stomach. It took the fuel attendees to save me,” Daniel told Kojo Yankson on the Super Morning Show.

He further revealed that on that fateful night he spent the night in police cells.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NSV9dD_lC8

Looking back, Daniel believes he would have been killed by the furious officers if he had parked in the middle of nowhere.

The conversation surrounding police brutalities has resurfaced following the death of a man who was maimed in 2018 after he was allegedly shot by an officer.

https://www.myjoyonline.com/man-allegedly-shot-in-the-head-by-police-in-2018-dies-family-still-demands-justice/

Prior to his death, Elias Ojoo Adjetey Anum demanded justice and now that he is no more, the family are asking for it in his stead.

Many who have heard this story have called for a reevaluation of police recruitment and training.

A Joy FM listener who called in today suggested that prospective officers should undergo at least three-year training instead of the six-month period that is being practised currently.