From Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Sekondi
An expatriate worker who allegedly spat on a policeman and called him a black monkey when the policeman attempted to arrest him has finally been apprehended by the police.
Aankit Patel, who is said to be an American volunteer, was said to have engaged in the act after the policeman had tried to arrest him for allegedly jumping a red light in traffic.
The policeman later managed to arrest Patel and escorted his vehicle to the Central Police Station in Sekondi.
Upon his arrest, Patel was said to have confessed to the police that he had behaved rudely.
“I spat on him and called him a black monkey who was coming to extort money from me. I am sorry. I have apologised a million times to the officer, the Ghana Police Service and the great people of Ghana,” Patel was reported to have stated.
According to a police source, Patel jumped the red light at a traffic interception and ignored the police signal to pull over.
It said Patel met a slow moving traffice, so the policeman pursued and managed to call him to order.
It was in the course of arresting him that Patel allegedly engaged the policeman, Corporal William Donkor, in verbal exchanges.
“Is it not money you want, you black monkey? I can give you all the money you want. You came to arrest me because of money. How much do you want?” the suspect was said to have retorted.
When The Mirror got to the scene, angry onlookers expressed concern about the level of indiscipline in society, and also by some visitors to the country.
When contacted, the Western Regional Police Command confirmed the story and warned visitors to the country not to take the proverbial Ghanaian hospitality for granted.
“Traffic lights are universal and we expected the suspect to respect them. Even when he was at fault, he should have taken his time to listen to the officer,” one of the officials said.
The suspect was charged with offensive conduct and other traffic offences and would soon be arraigned.
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