The family of Samuel Cudjoe, the driver's mate of the Urvan mini-bus, which allegedly caused the accident involving the presidential convoy on the Accra-Tema Motorway, has denied rumours that he was molested.

The family also says it is not true that Cudjoe was injected with some drugs while in police custody as a result of which he has been paralysed. Cudjoe’s father denied the rumour when the Eastern Regional Minister, Ms Patience Adow, and a delegation of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) called on him and the family of the late Daniel Dautey Chakitey, driver of the bus, at Somanya to express their condolences to the bereaved family.

Mr. Cudjoe said since the arrest of his son and until the sad death of Chakitey, he had been in daily contact with them and none of them ever complained of any molestation. A spokesman for the Chakitey family also referred to a recent television interview in which they made it clear that they did not suspect any foul play.

Though he said the family is waiting for the results of an autopsy on the body before they can state their final position on the issue. Chakitey died in prison custody while investigations were going on into the circumstances that led to the accident in which four presidential guards died while escorting the president to Akosombo in October.