I witnessed a scene between a police officer and a very arrogant and disrespectful AMA security guy whose duty was to tow cars parked on the streets of the business district of Accra.A truck had parked in front of the Ghana House ostensibly (with a court order) to seize office wares from a company that had defaulted in some payment. This was going on when all of a sudden, the AMA guys in a bus just pulled up and cranked the truck into which the items were being loaded. The police officer accompanying the truck with a court order immediately tried to explain to them why they had parked there. To the amazement of us the onlookers, this AMA guy, who happened to be the leader of the group, snapped at the police officer and would not even have patience to listen. He was full of rage as if he had a problem with the police officer and his group. He verbally abused the police officer.
I was expecting a harsh response from the police officer but he was calm and showed signs of maturity and discipline.
The AMA van also had a police constable on board who upon seeing the other police man with the court order tried vain to restrain the AMA guy.
The situation was very appalling. The AMA guy should have given the police officer accompanying the truck some respect and due recognition since he and the court official showed him documents from the court to support their action.
I seriously think the situation where these AMA guys in a bus go round trying to clamp cars even with drivers clearly behind the steering wheel is unfortunate.
I strongly suggest they are given some training. Why is it that they don’t tow trotro buses bus always concentrate on private cars and hang around the banks? They might be doing the right thing but certainly in the wrong way.
Credits : Ghana Politics
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