East Legon Accident: Court Told a Worker Gave Car Keys to Salifu Amoako’s Underage Son

A sales assistant has been accused as the person who gave the key of the Jaguar vehicle to the 16-year-old son of Elisha Salifu Amoako who caused the East Legon accident that killed two 12-year-old girls.

The sales assistant works for the 25-year-old elder brother of the 16-year-old boy.

Prosecutors on Wednesday accused the sales assistant, Linda Bonsu Bempah, who has been charged together with Pastor Elisha Salifu Amoako, who is the founder and General Overseer of Alive Chapel International, and the mother of the boy, Mouha Amoako.

They have been charged with one count of permitting unlicensed person to drive contrary to Regulation 42 of the Road Traffic Regulations 2012 Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2180.

They were arraigned at an Accra Circuit Court and have been granted bail in the sum of GH¢150,000.

Their son, a 16-year-old boy rammed the car into another one at East Legon, killing two people

According to the prosecution, Linda Bonsu Bempah, the sales attendant, “gave the key to the vehicle to the 16-year-old knowing very well that he was a minor and did not have a driver’s licence”.

But the three accused persons have been charged with one count each of permitting unlicensed person to drive contrary to Regulation 42 of the Road Traffic Regulations 2012 Legislative Instrument (L.I.) 2180.

According to the prosecution led by Ebenezer Yaw Acquah, the parents admitted during investigations that they allowed their son to drive the vehicle to the gym.

The accused persons have, however denied the charges and have been admitted to bail in the sum of GH¢ 50,000 each with two sureties.

Prosecution’s Facts
Per the facts accompanying the charge sheet, on October 12, 2024, while celebrating the 25th birthday of his elder brother Elyon Amoako, Bempah gave the key to the vehicle to the 16-year-old knowing very well that he was a minor and did not have a driver’s licence.

The 16-year-old boy then drove the said vehicle with his friend, heading towards the Bawaleshie direction on the Dzanie Ashie street.

“On reaching a section of the road at Mensah Wood Avenue junction, he drove into the rear of an Acura 4×4 vehicle with registration number GR 2542-23.

“The impact propelled both vehicles across the road into a fence wall of a nearby house. Both vehicles caught fire and got burnt beyond recognition,” the prosecution said.

The prosecutor added that the two occupants of the Acura, both 12 years of age – were trapped in the vehicle and died in the fire.

The 16-year-old and two of the injured occupants, according to the prosecution, are currently on admission at the University of Ghana Medical Centre.

Arrest
Elisha Salifu Amoako of Alive Chapel International and the mother of his son, Mouha Amoako were arrested and detained on Tuesday by the police for their son’s involvement in the East Legon accident last Saturday.

Their son, a 16-year-old [name withheld], who was driving a white Jaguar rammed a Honda Acura at East Legon and killed the two 12-year-old girls on the spot.

Source:opemsuo.com