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Deputy Police Superintendent (DSP), Samuel Kojo Azugu, said his men had "tactically" withdrawn from an operation to recover an alleged firearm stock in a building located near the polling station in Bawaleshie, in the district of Ayawaso, in the west of Wuogon to prevent the loss of human lives.
According to him, the firepower emanating from the building was too serious for his men (National Security) to decide not to engage them in a shootout.
"I could not underestimate the firepower that came from the building and we must tactically withdraw from the operation," he said.
Unsatisfied with the reasons given by the Azugu DSP for his decision to halt his operation, Judge Emile Short asked him if he withdrew from the operation because they were "overwhelmed or overwhelmed?
The DSP Azugu, who appeared Monday, February 18, 2019 before the Emile Short Inquiry Commission on the incident of the shooting at Ayawaso West Wuogon, could not tell immediately when he had been mastered or exceeded.
He told the Commission that when he had heard sporadic shots from the targeted building, he had ordered his men to give only six shots of warning.
He explained that after the six warning shots given, he had seen many people run running to the outside of the building.
According to DSP Azugu, he ordered his men to arrest those who came from the said building to facilitate investigations, noting that nine people had been arrested during the process.
When the Commission asked him if his victims were among the victims, DSP Azugu replied to the Commission that he had not seen anyone shot and wounded.
"I have not personally seen the person who was shot," he told the Commission, adding that he had been hit in the shoulder by a stone and that he had not been killed. he had to mbadage her a few days before being relieved.
Context
At least five people were shot and wounded when unknown gunmen invaded the Bawaleshie residence of Democratic National Congress (NDC) candidate Mr. Kwasi Delali Brempong at the Wuawon West Ayawaso by-election. the morning of Thursday 31 January 2019.
Some of the victims have suffered injuries to the neck, arms and back.
Following the incident, the NDC withdrew its candidate from the race, claiming that he could not participate in a blood-blooded election.
commission
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia set up the three-member Emile Short inquiry commission to investigate the circumstances that led to the shooting.
The Commission is chaired by Judge Emile Short, former Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ).
The other members are Professor Henrietta Mensah Bonsu and Patrick K. Acheampong. Mr. Ernest Kofi Abotsi, former Dean of GIMPA Law School and Private Lawyer, is the Secretary.
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