A 37-year-old taxi driver, Kwadwo Owusu Appiah, is currently serving a four-year prison sentence for the alleged theft of the very taxi he was driving, a crime he has consistently denied.
According to a report by Crime Check Foundation, Kwadwo’s ordeal began during what appeared to be a routine trip. After picking up a passenger, he was offered a bottle of malt. Unbeknownst to him, the drink was allegedly laced with a substance that rendered him unconscious. When he eventually regained consciousness, both the passenger and the vehicle had disappeared.
His wife, Ayarkwa Juliet, recounted the devastating event, explaining that her husband was simply working to provide for the family.
“He told me a passenger bought him malt, but after drinking it, he became dizzy and passed out. When he woke up, the car had vanished,” she said.
The vehicle, owned by Francis Attakora, was fitted with a tracker, but the device stopped functioning after the battery was reportedly disconnected by the thieves. In a troubling development, the police are said to have written Kwadwo’s statement for him, which unintentionally implicated him. Believing he had failed in his duty to protect the car, Kwadwo pleaded guilty in court, thinking it was the honourable thing to do.
Shockingly, on the same day he was sentenced, the tracking company informed the vehicle owner that the car had been sighted near Weija and was later located at a drinking spot in Madina. The owner has since retrieved the car and, upon realising Kwadwo’s innocence, expressed deep remorse.
The family is now appealing for urgent support to help secure Kwadwo’s release, stating that an innocent man remains behind bars for a crime he did not commit.
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