"Attempt to assassinate an 11-year-old boy" – Francis Sosu

General News on Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-02-12

Human rights lawyer, Francis-Xavier Sosu, criticized the police command in the far eastern region of the country for releasing a 29-year-old bricklayer who had been arrested for setting fire to an 11-year-old boy.

"Why will not such a suspect be free?" Asked Mr. Sosu during an interview at the Clbad91.3FM Executive Breakfast Show on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.

According to him, the action of the suspect "is clearly an attempt at murder", explaining: "When someone pours gasoline over another and lights a fire, the natural consequence of this act is to kill, you burn the person to death, that's what you want to do. "

William Jalulah, a first-clbad FM regional correspondent, said the victim, Maxwell Ayinbisa, is still healing himself from the injuries he sustained after the suspect sprayed him with gas. him in flames.

On November 24, 2017, Ayinbisa and two of her friends were sent to buy gas at a gas station.

According to Ayinbisa, on the way to the race, a man accused him and his friends of having a look at a woman in a bathroom.

The little boy said his friends had fled the scene and left him behind. He was seized by his accuser, Nsobila John, who tore off a gallon of gasoline, sprinkled it with fuel and hit him with a match.

The victim's father, Mustapha Rahamani, told Clbad News that the suspect, after handling the boy's initial medical bills, had abandoned him.

Chief Superintendent Samuel Punobyin, commander of the Bolgatanga Municipal Police, told Jalulah that the families of the victim and the suspect had reached an agreement to settle the case amicably from the moment the incident occurred. The suspect's family also promised to take over the boy's medical expenses, but went bankrupt along the line.

However, Mr. Sosu told Benjamin Akakpo, "I think the police made a clear mistake on that occasion. If we continue to do so, our country will not succeed because we are creating a situation in which rich and powerful people can really offend people and pay for them. "