Prophet Elisha Salifu Amoako, Founder and Chief of Alive Chapel Worldwide, his spouse Mouha, and their maid, Linda Bempah, have been rearrested by the police shortly after the Workplace of the Lawyer Normal withdrew fees in opposition to them.
The trio had been charged with “allowing an unlicensed individual to drive” following a tragic accident involving their 16-year-old son, Elrad Amoako, in East Legon on 12 October 2024.
Throughout court docket proceedings on Monday, 17 February, on the Accra Circuit Court docket, state prosecutor Ebenezer Acquah introduced that the Lawyer Normal’s workplace had determined to withdraw the cost sheet to permit additional investigation by the police.
Decide Samuel Vivid Acquah granted the prosecution’s request, however shortly after the court docket adjourned, Prophet Salifu Amoako, his spouse, and maid had been rearrested by cops stationed exterior the courtroom. The officers escorted them right into a ready automobile, they usually had been taken from the premises, with additional particulars but to be disclosed.
Background
Bishop Elisha Salifu Amoako and Mouha Amoako had been beforehand fined GH¢6,000 every in reference to the deadly East Legon crash, which claimed the lives of two young girls. The court docket additionally ordered the pastor to pay over GH¢8,000 for the harm to a lightweight pole on the scene.
Their 16-year-old son, who was deemed liable for the crash, has been sentenced to 6 months at a senior correctional centre following his responsible plea to eight fees, together with two counts of manslaughter. Earlier than his sentencing, he was remanded on the Osu Correctional Centre in the course of the prosecution.
Police revealed that {the teenager} had been dashing in his mother and father’ Jaguar F-Tempo Sport when it collided with a black Acura carrying the victims. Experiences additionally indicated the boy had pushed the Jaguar with a good friend to A&C Mall, the place they met up with others in two SUVs. The three automobiles then shaped a convoy, with the accused main in his mom’s automobile by East Legon.
Alongside {the teenager}, Prophet Salifu Amoako, his spouse Mouha, and Linda Bonsu Prempeh, a gross sales assistant, had been arrested and charged with “allowing an unlicensed individual to drive”. They pleaded not responsible in court docket on 16 October 2024, and the Accra Circuit Court docket granted bail to the Amoakos and Linda Bonsu Prempeh, every within the sum of GH¢50,000 with two sureties.
