ONE of the brand new VW Passat saloon cars used for the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations hosted by Ghana has been abandoned in the open at the Takoradi Central Police Station for nearly a year after the competition.
According to a source at the Takoradi Central Police Station, the local organising committee in charge of the region had been informed about the car, which was found slightly damaged after an accident, but no one had turned up to retrieve it.
The police say they are currently not clear about whom to turn to, now that the organising committees had been dissolved.
The vehicle has, therefore, been left at the mercy of the weather at the bushy and open garage of the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit of the Takoradi Central Police.
It has its right front fender mangled and the left side completely peeled off, exposing the front left tyre and the airbag. However, it is intact at the rear, with minor scratches on the door.
When contacted, a former employee at the administrative office of the LOC in Sekondi, who wanted to remain anonymous, said the vehicle had been detailed to accompany a bus to pick officials and players of the Namibian national team to play the Ivorian side at Essipon. But on its way to the airport, it had an accident in front of the offices of the InterCity/STC Coaches Company.
Asked why no action was taken, he said they received a notice from the police to come for the vehicle but since the LOC had been dissolved there was little he could do about it.
“I have informed the officer in charge of transport and he said he would have to inform the Castle, but for almost a year now there is nothing going on and the vehicle is still there at the mercy of the weather,” he added.
Asked again if the vehicle had been insured, he said he could not tell.
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