Man jailed for inconsiderate, reckless driver

A taxi driver, David Ayensu, who worked at Tudu in Accra was part of the unlucky few that got hooked by the law after bribing a police officer with the Motor Traffic and Transport Department (MTTD) of the Ghana Police Service with five Ghana cedis to atone for an offence.

According to Ayensu, the MTTD officer caught him driving with an expired driver’s licence but he bribed the uniformed man with five Ghana cedis in a bid to evade the consequences of his action.

Ayensu said the patriotic police officer returned both licences to him without taking the money.

The taxi driver said he ignored the police officer because he claimed the cop would have let him go if he knew he attempted to give his colleague a bribe.

I crossed the yellow light at a point where the officer caught up with me,” he said.

The young man said the passenger aboard his vehicle confronted the police officer when he was asked to get off the car for another one.

Ayensu said a brawl ensued between the passenger and the officer but he claimed he did not get involved but his car key scathed the police officer.