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The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is optimistic that investigations into attacks on civilians by the military and police will be swift, impartial and ensure that those responsible for these heinous acts are brought to justice.
According to the Association, she took note of the various statements issued by the relevant security agencies and of the investigations underway to resolve the problems of brutality.
The association condemned the attack adding that under no circumstances should agents of the security agencies “mistreat and assault people or use physical force which sometimes results in the death of victims”.
“Security agencies must demonstrate professionalism in the performance of their duties. Their actions resulted in the loss of human life and also caused injury to others and we hereby wholeheartedly condemn these unfortunate events, ”added the Association.
Recently, two commissions of inquiry were established to investigate the killings of young protesters in Ejura in the Ashanti region and the military brutality against the residents of Wa in the Upper West region over an alleged phone theft that allegedly took place earlier this month.
The young people of Ejura, Tuesday, June 29, took to the streets to protest the murder of social activist Ibrahim Mohammed to demand justice. But following the intervention of the police and the army, this demonstration became eventful resulting in the death of two people and four others injured.
A three-member committee comprising George Kingsley Koomson, judge of the Court of Appeal as chairman, security expert, Dr Vladimir Antwi Danso and Juliet Amoah, executive director of Penplusbyte, a civil society organization, was tasked with by the Home Office to investigate the case following a directive from the President.
The Committee has since interviewed several witnesses since Tuesday, including JoyNews reporter Erastus Asare Donkor, Ejura MCE, Mohammed Salisu Bamba, Ghana Armed Forces and Ghana Police Service, among others.
In addition, Defense Minister Dominic Nitiwil, outside the Parliament’s prosecution on Thursday, revealed that all soldiers from the Wa barracks who were on duty on July 1, when residents were brutalized by some soldiers, at the except the duty officer, were punished.
The three demoted are; the ordinance, the commander of the guard and the sentry. The nurse was demoted from Staff Sergeant to Corporal while the Guard Commander and Sentry were demoted from Corporal to Private and Lance Corporal to Private respectively.
This came to light after a four-member committee tasked with investigating the assault in the regional capital of Upper West presented its preliminary findings.
The assault on Citi FM journalist Caleb Kudah by national security agents and the invasive manner in which her colleague, Zoey Abu-Baidoo, was arrested at the Adabraka-based TV and radio station also contribute to the ‘under investigation by the National Security Council.
Lt. Col. Frank Agyeman, who turned out to be an active participant in the assault on the journalist, who was accused of illegally filming the National Security premises, had his detachment revoked.
In the meantime, the commission of inquiry charged with carrying out a public inquiry into the circumstances which led to the deaths of two people in Ejura on June 29, requested an extension of the deadline from the Ministry of the Interior for the submission of its report as of July 16.
The committee said that an extension would allow them to collect seven additional testimonies in addition to those provided by the Ghana Armed Forces, Ghana Police Service, the media and the regional minister of Ashanti.
The committee, appointed on July 2, was to submit a detailed report of its investigation to the Minister of the Interior on Friday, July 9.
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