The household of a three-year-old boy killed in a automobile crash involving fashionable Ghanaian actor and musician Lil Win have stated they’re “decided to hunt justice”.
The kid died in a hospital within the metropolis of Kumasi after the crash on 25 Could, native media stories.
Lil Win, actual title Kwadwo Nkansah, was additionally taken to Komfo Anokye Instructing Hospital – and arrested on Monday after being discharged.
In a press release issued earlier than his arrest, the actor’s manufacturing firm had referred to as the crash a “tragic accident”.
Lil Win was charged with harmful driving and inflicting hurt by means of negligence at Kumasi’s Asokore Mampong District Courtroom on Monday.
He was not requested to enter a plea and was granted bail for 50,000 Ghanaian cedis (£2,630; £3,355). The court docket adjourned the case till 27 June.
Afterwards, two kin of the three-year-old boy Nana Yaw informed native radio station Angel FM that they had been relying on the police to research the matter completely.
One of many males stated: “We’re decided to hunt justice for our youngster.”
The relations accused Lil Win of failing to contact the household after the crash – till he heard {that a} younger youngster had died. The actor has not commented the allegation.
The boy’s father, Jacob Kofi Amponsah, stays in hospital.
The premiere of Lil Win’s new movie, A Nation Referred to as Ghana, was cancelled within the wake of the collision.
It was scheduled to happen on Saturday 1 June in Sunyani, a metropolis round 123km (76 miles) away from Kumasi, however Lil Win’s manufacturing firm Wezzy Empire referred to as it off.
“This tough choice was made in respect of the reminiscence of three-year-old boy, Nana Yaw, who sadly misplaced his life in a tragic accident involving our Chief Govt Officer, Kwadko Nkansah ‘Lil Win’ final Saturday and be a part of the household in mourning their loss,” a press release, posted to Lil Win’s social media accounts final Thursday, stated.
“The CEO extends their honest condolences to the bereaved household and need a speedy restoration to the daddy, Mr Jacob Kofi Amponsah.”
Further reporting by Thomas Naadi, BBC Information, Accra
