There is yet no resolution in sight to the controversy surrounding the death of Benson Lulu-Briggs, the Kalabari high chief and chairman of Moni Pulo Limited.
Lawyers to the three son of the late billionaire have written a protest to the director general, criminal investigation department of the Ghana police service, demanding another autopsy in accordance with the order of the high court in Accra on July 18, 2019.
In the letter to Addo Dankwa, a commissioner of police, written by Sarkodie Baffour Awuah and Partners and seen by TheCable, the solicitors said the autopsy conducted on Friday was contrary to the court order which had mandated a military doctor to do the post mortem after an agreement reached by the family.
The lawyers said “Col. (Dr.) Attoh, Head of the Department of Anatomy, of the 37 Military Hospital” was to perform the autopsy and the court had also mandated that a sample be made available to Lulu-Briggs’ children but “in a rather bizarre twist, the autopsy was conducted by a certain Dr Lawrence Adusei instead of the named Col. (Dr.) Attoh”.
The lawyers also alleged that Adusei did not allow police pathologists from Ghana and Nigeria to be part of the process as observers, in addition to denying the family the sample.
The autopsy concluded that Lulu-Briggs, who died on December 27, 2018, did not suffer violence at the point of death.
Dumo, the second eldest son, had earlier told TheCable that Seinye, the widow, has a lot of questions to answer over the death of their father.
The widow, in a statement sent to TheCable, denied any foul play and said the autopsy was conducted in the presence of all the parties that were agreed upon by the family.
But the solicitors wrote: “Accordingly, we have the instructions of our clients to inform you that the autopsy was conducted in blatant breach of the aforesaid court order. Indeed, apart from the autopsy being conducted in blatant breach of court order, the conduct and the control of the process by the same Dr Lawrence Adusei raise fundamental questions about, and compromises the credibility of the autopsy
