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General News of Sunday, July 28, 2019
Source: ghanaiantimes.com.gh
2019-07-28
James Harry Obeng
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) announced that it had received a complaint of aggression from a civilian by two army officers.
Mr. James Harry Obeng, a journalist was allegedly ill-treated Wednesday by the two soldiers at Michelle Camp for no reason.
He stated that he initially complained to the Mataheko police station, but that the police advised him to report the case to CHRAJ.
Mr. Obeng stated that the military officers named after him, Owusu and Mensah, had weeded for an hour before asking him to leave.
Once contacted, a plaintiffs' unit official, CHRAJ, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the story to the Ghanaian Times newspaper and said that three commission directors would consider the case and determine whether it had the mandate to carry out further investigations.
In an interview with the Ghanaian Times, Mr. Obeng said that he had joined a bus 207 to Afienya before traveling to Accra on Wednesday.
On approaching a junction called Mateheko Number 1, the bus driver chose a pbadenger.
He said that drivers at the Matehoko Number 1 junction were trying to place a commercial transport (taxi-trotro-taxi station there) and that every time another driver taking the Tema / Ashaiman-Afienya route chose a pbadenger at junction, these drivers chase this driver.
Mr. Obeng, who uses the road daily, noted that attempts by Mataheko drivers to drive out the offending driver (s) often resulted in heated clashes.
"In my case, the driver, after choosing the pbadenger, took the way of the cars (Tema / Ashaiman-Afienya) that came, instead of staying on the track (Afienya-Tema / Ashaiman) where it should be. I think his intention was to avoid any confrontation with the drivers of the Mateheko Number 1 junction. "
"Nevertheless, immediately after having bypbaded this intersection, he joined the appropriate path (Afienya-Tema / Ashaiman) and left the track of the cars coming in the opposite direction," he added.
Arriving at the main gate of Camp Michel, Mr. Obeng stated that the drivers at Mataheko, aboard a blue bus 207 and speeding on the lane of the nearby cars, came and "crossed my car right outside the main gate of camp Michel ".
He added that the drivers then questioned the driver of the vehicle on which Mr. Obeng was traveling, which ultimately caused the traffic.
Then the soldiers who guarded the door of camp Michel went there to restore order.
At this point, he said: "All the pbadengers in the car I was in, including myself, were coming down to take another car to continue our journey to Accra." I immediately got out of the car, a soldier (with the name – Owusu on his uniform) asked that I explain to him what had caused the confrontation between the two buses, from my pbadenger point of view. "
"We (the soldier and myself) then left the road to get to the side of the road (right in front of Camp Michel's door) and started to tell what I saw. Then he (the soldier) cut into my explanation that I should follow him inside the door to continue my story. I forced him and followed him, and then finished telling him the story.
"Then, afterwards, I asked if it was all the information he needed so that I could leave and get on another bus to go to work." Then he said that I should stay standing where I was and not move an inch. He then shouted to some of his colleagues to bring the cutlbades for the driver and me. "
"I asked what was my fault and this guy instantly became angry and started to approach as he intended to hit me." He then said, "Stupid boy, you think we're joking here, huh," then he pointed to a weed field nearby. "
"I weeded for about 20 minutes and they (Owusu and with a soldier with the pseudonym Mensah) shouted from afar and ordered me to move on to another field of weeds (where they stood) to continue weeding. Here too, I've been weeding for about 40 minutes.
"That's when I managed to get my phone out of my pocket (while still weeding) and call my boss on the phone. They would be angry if they realized I was on the phone, so I put the call to the speaker when my boss chose (while still weeding). "
"It was after the phone call with my boss that they (Owusu and Mensah) called me to say that I had to hand over my cutlbad to the driver (who also weeded), take my bag and leave.
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