I was excluded from the security working group of Ayawaso – Legon East Police Commander

General News of Friday, February 15, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-02-15

The East Legon Police Commander, DSP George Lysander Asare, said that he had not been included in the official security measures taken during the recent by – election. Ayawaso West Wuogon, while the constituency was under his command.

According to DSP Asare, he received no reason for his exclusion but was told that he "should not worry".

DSP Asare made the comments during his appearance before the commission investigating Ayawaso's violence, the investigation commission Emile Short, Friday.

"I asked the chief superintendent. Kwesi Ofori, Regional Operations Manager for Accra, explains why my name is not part of the working group and he told me that I should not worry …. [Accra Regional command] are in charge and even my car, they asked me to take it to the region of Accra … [In] our work, you can not challenge an authority like this, "he said.

According to the DSP George Lysander Asare, even though he was not part of the working group on elections, the Accra Regional Police Command called him to intervene to help restore calm around the residence of the NDC parliamentary candidate in the constituency. go out of hand.

"Interestingly, I was going to vote in my polling station. And that 's the first time I' ve voted in a by – election. In all general elections, we hold a special vote and we know where we are voting. We voted in Legon at Ayawaso West Wuogon, but since it was the by-election, I had trouble locating my polling center. While I was looking for my polling station, my regional commander called me. He did not talk about exercise. He had heard that shooting was taking place around Bawaleshie, closer to the home of the NDC parliamentary candidate. go help. So I quickly came back [to the police station] and came and mobilized men from the station who were not part of the operation to go there. "

"I mobilized men, I went with them and even mastered the situation," he said.

In his testimony, DSP George Lysander Asare testified that he saw at least 20 shells of empty bullets upon his arrival at the scene of the disorder.

He said he took pictures of shells and other wounded that he allegedly, he said, "slightly injured".

Part of his request seems to contradict that of the Minister of National Security, Kan Dapaah, who said that only six bullets had been fired.

The East Legon police commander also revealed that the election task force had made seven arrests.

While admitting that the wounded had not received medical forms to seek medical care, he said that the national security operations had allowed the release of the suspects in his absence when he left the police station to vote.

"The national security officer who came [DSP Azugu] I made it clear that they will come and get them [the suspects] and because we also understood that all the exercise was managed at the regional level, we knew that people would come and pick them up. But I called the regional officer to inform him of the arrest; he went there and they were released but in my absence. I learned this when I returned, "he said.