The Ghana Police Service has announced that it has arrested the Founder and Leader of Alive Chapel International, Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako, after his son reportedly caused an accident that claimed two lives at East Legon on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
According to the police, the mother of the child, Mouha Amoako, has also been arrested.
In a statement issued on social media on Tuesday, October 15, the police said, “The parents of the 16-year-old suspect driver, Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako and Mouha Amoako, are currently in custody assisting the investigation.”
Giving information it had gathered since the incident, the police in its statement said: “Investigations have so far established that on 12th October 2024, suspect driver, Elrad Salifu Amoako, aged 16, driving a Jaguar SUV vehicle with registration number GN 7801 – 20 with one other occupant, rammed into a 4×4 Acura vehicle also with registration number GR 2542 – 23, driven by Joseph Ackah with four other occupants, at Mensah Wood Street at East Legon. Both cars caught fire and burned beyond recognition.
“The investigation further indicates that three of the five victims in the Acura vehicle during the accident were rescued, and the other two identified as Justine Agbenu and Maame Dwomoh, both 12 years of age, lost their lives. Two of the rescued victims who sustained minor injuries were treated and discharged, while the third is still on admission receiving medical attention.”
“The suspect driver with the other occupant in the Juaguar vehicle were also rescued and are currently on admission at the hospital,” it added.
On the back of the unfortunate incident, the police service, according to the statement, has “visited the bereaved family to commiserate with them and also visited the injured at the hospital.”
This visit was carried out by ” a team from the Police Management Board, led by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare,” on October 15, 2024.
Below is the full statement:
