Farouk Adams, Aduana Stars Player Charged On 2 Counts
The Bono Police has charged the Aduana defender on two counts; careless and inconsiderate driving and negligently causing harm.
Adams is to appear before the Fiapre Court in the Sunyani West Municipality.
The Case was transferred from Wamfie Magistrate Court to Sunyani High Court.
The player arrived at the Sunyani Regional Police HQ at exactly 10:40am in a Police saloon car with four policemen
The player was taken to the Sunyani High Court at 2:00 pm after processing of his his docket at the Reg. HQ
At the Sunyani High Court, the Judge who sat on the case said they should take him back to the cells at Wamfie where the incident happened and bring him back to the tomorrow Thursday at 8:30am.
The incident is said to have happened late Monday between Asuotiano and Asuhyiae in the Dormaa East District of the Bono Region.
The officer, Constable Amos Mattey of the Wamfie Police station, was alleged to have left his duty post to purchase something but never returned until he was found dead Tuesday morning.
The incident has been described to be a hit-and-run by a Red Toyota Camry with registration number GW 5882-17, driven by the Aduana Stars’ central defender.
The player, who won the NASCO Man of the Match award in week 16 of the Ghana Premier League match between Aduana Stars and Inter Allies at Dormaa, was driving from Sunyani back to Dormaa when the accident happened.
According to sources, the player alleges he knocked down a suspected animal that crossed the car upon which he stopped but found nothing.
The source said he alleges he later parked the car at a nearby fuel station where he called the car owner about the accident and proceeded to the Wamfie Polyclinic to attend to the injury he sustained.
He reportedly later went back to the accident scene with the car owner but again found nothing.
He then left for Dormaa in a different vehicle while a mechanic moved the other car to Sunyani on the orders of the actual owner, the source said.
Farouk Adams alleged it was his friend who later told him the incident had caused the death of one person.
He then reported it to the Dormaa Police station about 1:30 pm Tuesday and was subsequently arrested by the Wamfie Police.