Police mount guard on Bawumia’s mangled vehicle

22-03-2013

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The Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service has mounted a guard at the Wagner Vehicle Management Ltd in La, where Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s 4WD Benz car has been hauled from Bole to.

Addressing journalists in Accra on Friday, Chief Superintendent Samuel Tetteh, Deputy Commander of MTTU, said after the 24-hour ultimatum given to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to produce the vehicle, the Unit had a call from one Eddie Appiah, who identified himself as campaign manager of Dr Bawumia.

“So he invited me and I went there with my team of investigators to La where I met him and he led us to a private garage, where the car is parked. We immediately took pictures of the car,” said CSP Tetteh.

He disclosed that they immediately mounted guard at the garage.

“We placed guard because we wanted the car to be safe and secure until it is tested,” he cited.

CSP Tetteh continued: “So the same man led us to Dr Bawumia’s house and we wanted to see him just to take a statement from him but we were told he was in a meeting with some people.”

According to the MTTU Deputy Commander, the investigators left three statement forms for Dr Bawumia, his driver, Emmanuel and his aide, Kwabena Boadu to complete and return later.

He said they will prepare documents to be forwarded to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA) to send testing officers to the accident scene to find out the exact cause of the accident.

Last Sunday’s accident generated controversy after General Secretary of NPP Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and President John Dramani Mahama of having a hand in it in order to eliminate NPP's key witness in the Election 2012 Petition at the Supreme Court.