JOYCE DZIDZOR WONT TAKE HIV TEST-LAWYER

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.