Lawyer for embattled former HIV/AIDS ambassador
says his client will not comply with police directive
to undertake an HIV-test unless ordered by a
competent court.
Kojo Koranteng says the police have no capacity to
independently ask Joyce Dzidzor Mensah to go for
an HIV test.
He insists: "it is only the court that can order the
test. Nobody else can order for the test. The police
can't".
His comments are in reaction to an attempt by the
Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the
Ghana Police Service to conduct a test on Ms
Mensah following her confession that she has never
tested positive for the virus.
Ms Mensah had been working with the Ghana Aids
Commission for more than five years as an
ambassador, to fight AIDS stigmatisation.
Head of Public Relations at the CID ASP Joseph
Benefo Darkwa said his outfit invited the former
AIDS ambassador following a complaint by the
Ghana AIDS Commission.
Ms. Mensah told Joy News Thursday she was
interrogated by CID on her public revelations that
she has no AIDS.
Joyce Dzidzor Mensah in December 2014 shocked
the nation by declaring that contrary to popular
belief, she is not HIV positive.
She said she has been lying for the past five years
about her HIV status despite campaigning against
HIV/AIDS stigmatisation, and has become a popular
voice for persons living with AIDS.
The Ghana AIDS Commission however insists Ms
Mensah tested HIV positive in 2007.
Ms Mensah has already appeared before AIDS
Commission Board where she was probed about
details of her sudden turn around.
Source: Joy Online
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