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FORMER DEPUTY Minister of Communications Victoria Lakshmi Hamah is caught up in fresh drama, after a fracas with a police officer attached to the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service. While the police officer claimed Victoria failed to stop as directed and had injured him in the process, the former deputy minister said she was given a hefty slap by the motor traffic cop who additionally called her “ashawo”, a derogatory term meaning ‘prostitute’ at a major intersection at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle, close to the Neoplan Station last Thursday. Constable Faati Jacob claimed Victoria was driving an unregistered BMW and supposedly talking on her mobile phone while driving and did not notice when he stopped her. The former minister, who was relieved of her appointment after the infamous ‘VikiLeaks’ tape scandal, denied the claim and in turn reported the officer to his superiors over the alleged hefty slap and name calling. A source told  DAILY GUIDE...

It has finally been established that the suspected wizard, who reportedly crash-landed on the banks of River Okrudu at Kaimebre, a settlement near Kasoa in the Central Region last Wednesday morning, is a mental patient. The man, according to the police, was receiving treatment at Pantang Hospital but disappeared last Monday from the health facility. Checks by the police at the hospital revealed that the patient, who is called Charles Allottey, was admitted to the mental hospital 12 years ago. The Kasoa District Police Commander Superintendent Samuel Tabil Punobyin told DAILY GUIDE that authorities at the Pantang Hospital called for the patient after reading the story in Thursday, 28 November 2013 issue of the DAILY GUIDE. The commander said the victim was manhandled by some residents who claimed he was a wizard because he had some puffy flesh on the breast that looked like a female breast. “The man could not even talk well whenever he was asked a question by the police.” Victim has s...