John Mahama: Driver Lands In Trouble With Policeman For Joining President's Convoy On The Street

• A Ghanaian driver landed in trouble with an MTTU officer after he joined President John Dramani Mahama's large convoy on the street
• The man, whose car had a DV plate, was instructed to park by the roadside after he attempted to swerve past the policeman
• The video of the incident between the policeman and the driver garnered mixed reactions from Ghanaians on social media

A Ghanaian driver landed himself in the hands of a policeman after he joined President John Dramani Mahama's large convoy on the street.

In a viral social media video shared by renowned blogger Sika Official, President Mahama's convoy, consisting of 11 cars, including his bulletproof Toyota Land Cruiser LC300 Extreme Edition, which was gifted to him by his younger brother Ibrahim Mahama, and a police vehicle, was spotted speeding on an unidentified street.

As the speeding cars passed by some individuals who had gathered by the roadside, a driver of an unregistered, expensive white 2022 Mercedes-Benz GLS-Class with a DV plate, who had followed President John Dramani Mahama's convoy, attempted to swerve around an officer from the Motor Traffic and Transport Unit (MTTU) of the Ghana Police Service and drive off unnoticed.

However, the driver's attempt did not go as planned, as the policeman, angered by the former's actions, immediately stopped him and instructed him to park the car by the roadside for interrogation.

The president and his entourage were returning from the Kwahu area in the Eastern Region, where he had attended the Kwahu Business Forum during the Easter festivities.

It will be recalled that President Mahama met with his predecessor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on the Kwahu mountain on Easter Sunday, April 20, 2025. It was from there that the convoy incident happened.

The situation between the police officer and the driver marked the first time in a long while that an individual had landed in trouble with the law for an incident involving a presidential convoy in Ghana.

In 2018, an individual known as Seth Nana Amowi was arraigned before an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly crossing former President Nana Akufo-Addo's convoy after hiding himself close to the Jubilee House.

He was charged with crossing the presidential convoy in an attempt to cause harm to himself, obstruction, and offensive conduct.

Seth Nana Amowi pleaded not guilty to all the charges and was granted a GH¢20,000.00 bail with a surety.

He told a judge that he only approached the presidential convoy to submit a petition to Akufo-Addo and suggest solutions to the economic crisis that plagued the country at the time.

Watch the video below:

Reactions to policeman and driver's incident

The video of the incident garnered mixed reactions from Ghanaians, with many applauding the policeman for stopping the driver. YEN.com.gh has gathered some comments from social media users below:

ebopogba6 wondered what was wrong with the driver:

"DV de3 anka presidential convoy fa woho b3n😂😂😂."

PromzyKingston joked about the incident:

"He wants to pass through bronya to chew chicken."

0_Sedem thought it would have been easier with a registered car:

"DV plate 😂😂 if ebi registered, like he go go simple kraaaaa."

KwakuDapaa1 did not understand why people make such mistakes:

"Is it that people are ignorant about state protocols or what? The presidential convoy? You can be shot easily."

@eiJayJay_ said:

"But what's wrong with what he did. He's legally on the right side of the road, and he's not obstructing the convoy. So what does the police man want from him. If he has not run through any red light there's no cause to stop him. Tsww."

GhanaSocialUni shared a different concern:

"How many cars did we count in the convoy? I thought NDC was better?! They are all the same!!!"

President Mahama unites with Akufo-Addo in Kwahu

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that President John Mahama united with Nana Akufo-Addo during his visit to Kwahu for the Easter celebrations.

Photos on social media showed the two personalities having a friendly conversation inside a plush room during Mahama's visit.

The photos of President John Mahama uniting with Akufo-Addo in Kwahu garnered positive reactions from Ghanaians on social media.

Source: YEN.com.gh