A grieving family at Kasoa in the Central Region is demanding justice over a road accident that reportedly killed two people and left a young nursing graduate fighting for her life.
The family says nearly two weeks after the crash, they have received no meaningful update from the Kasoa-Ofaakor Police Station about the driver involved in the case.
Narrating the incident to Onua TV’s Kwame Kakraba at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, the uncle of the deceased, Eric Atitso, said the accident occurred at Kasoa-Ofaakor Junction on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, at about 4:30 a.m.
According to him, a Hyundai 4×4 private car with a DV number plate DV E5469
DV20 LA 26 allegedly knocked down a motorcycle carrying three people: two women and a male rider.
Atitso said he first learned of the tragedy around 6:00 a.m. that same Wednesday when he received a call from his niece Fatia Wichi’s phone, which was a different person reporting the incident to him.
He said the caller then told him to rush to the Kasoa-Ofaakor Junction, saying people had been involved in an accident.
“When I arrived at the scene, I saw the wreckage and immediately went to the Kasoa-Ofaakor Police Station to formally report the incident,” he said.
At the police station, I met an MTTD officer identified as Issaka Yakubu, who confirmed that there had indeed been an accident.
The officer reportedly told me that the police had recorded two deaths, a woman and a man, while another lady had survived but was in critical condition and rushed to nearby hospital.
The officer then directed me to go to the mortuary to confirm the identities of the deceased before any further steps could be taken.
At the mortuary, I saw the body of my family member, a mother called Happy Wichi, and also identified the motor rider, who is not a family member. My niece, Fatia Wichi was confirmed to be the surviving victim.
However, the man says he was made to lodge an official complaint after visiting the mortuary. He added that he returned to accident scene with the MTTD Officer Issaka Yakubu where the officer explained how the accident happened.
Atitso indicated that when he asked of the whereabouts of the driver who caused the accident, the policeman asked him to keep quiet and allow them do their work.
The policeman, however, pointed to the driver at a distance upon his insistence, where he identified the driver of the car as Samuel Darkora.
“It troubled me that the driver appeared to have been allowed to go home rather than being detained for further investigation,” he stated, adding that “the situation created a misunderstanding between me and the officer, after which I left the police station for the hospital to attend to my niece Fatia Wichi.”
Moreover, the next day, Thursday, when he returned to the Ofaakor Police District, the MTTD officer handling the case and the District Police Commander gave different explanations, without giving the family any clear assurance that the driver was being investigated.
According to Atitso, upon further checks, they found that the private car is owned by the driver’s father who is a military officer. “As a family, we were left broken and had no other option than to seek help by bringing the matter to the media,” he said.
He said the accident involved three victims. Two have died, including his sister, Happy Wichi, while her daughter Fatia Wichi, a nursing graduate awaiting posting, remains on admission at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.
“Her condition is described as very critical, and she urgently needs surgery on both legs and her hand before she can walk again. The doctor said the surgery will cost GH¢80,000,” Mr Atitso said.
He added that today, Tuesday, October 20, will mark three weeks since the accident occurred, yet no officer from the Kasoa-Ofaakor District Police Command has visited Fatia at the hospital or called the family to update them on the investigation.
“We are appealing directly to the Inspector-General of Police and to Onua TV/TV3 to help us seek justice. We are very sad about how the Kasoa-Ofaakor District Police is treating us, all because we do not have money to fight the case,” he said.
“We do not have money to hire a lawyer, and we have already used our contributions to support Fatia Wichi’s treatment and we are totally broken. We are calling on the general public to help us get justice.”
Wichi, who is currently on admission, said she cannot walk and cannot even sit up.
“I am a registered nurse, I completed in the year 2023 at Sunyani Nurses and Midwifery College. I was involved in an accident, and I can’t walk or even rise to sit. The doctor taking care of me said I have to pay GH¢80,000 before he will operate on my hand and legs, so I need support from individuals who are watching me,” she said.
She is therefore appealing to President John Dramani Mahama, the Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, businessman Ibrahim Mahama, and the Sunyani Nursing and Midwifery Training College to come to her aid.
Onua TV’s reporter contacted the police officer in charge of the accident case, who confirmed that the case was under investigation but declined to give an update.
The Ofaakor Police Station falls under the Odupong Kpehe/Ofaakor District within the Kasoa Divisional Command of the Central East Police Region.
Meanwhile, the Central East Regional Police Command has deployed a team to secure the victim’s statement at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital following a stakeholder meeting with the deceased’s family.
An extensive administrative and investigative meeting took place at the Central East Regional Police Headquarters in Kasoa on Monday, October 19, 2026.
After the meeting, the Regional Commander formally instructed the MTTD officer in charge of the case at Kasoa Ofaakor, Issaka Yakubu, to go to the hospital.
Officer Yakubu, along with two other officers, will be dispatched to take the victim’s statement.
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