My father doesn’t like to fight or quarrel, especially with children or women – Daughter of murdered taxi driver

Akua, daughter of the taxi driver allegedly shot by a policewoman on January 19, 2026, at Tetegu in Accra, has spoken exclusively with GhanaWeb TV.

She said her father was not the type to quarrel or fight, and she cannot understand what could have led to such an extreme act.

Akua told GhanaWeb’s Victoria Kyei Baffour that she first heard about the incident while at her home in Amasaman. She described her father as calm, playful, and non-confrontational.

“I heard about the shooting incident yesterday. I don’t live with them; I am at Amasaman. I was told that my father had been shot by a policewoman. None of us knows what exactly he did to her that warranted such a shooting. My father doesn’t like to fight or quarrel, especially with children or women, because he sees them as fragile.

“… There’s no one who can say that my father liked to quarrel or fight. He was very playful. Even with men, he could defend himself, but fighting was something he would never do,” Akua said.

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She added that her father was shot three times and questioned the motive behind the attack, noting that videos she had seen showed him still seated in his driver’s seat during the encounter.

“So, what kind of argument could make someone so angry that they would shoot him? According to the story, he wasn’t shot once; he was shot three times. No one could tell what was going on or what they were discussing. From the videos I have watched, he was seated in his driver’s seat,” an emotional Akua said.

Akua said accounts from the area suggested the incident might have been triggered by a disagreement over transport fare or a refusal to drive the policewoman to her preferred destination.

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“Witnesses reported hearing an argument before the driver parked his car, followed shortly by gunshots. Some said it might have been about the transport fare that she didn’t want to pay. Others claimed he refused to take her to the place she wanted, but she kept insisting. People in the area said they heard the argument until he parked his car, and then later they heard the gunshots,” she recounted.

Meanwhile, a team from the Greater Accra Police visited the family home of the late taxi driver to console and sympathize with the family.

Investigations into the matter are ongoing…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>