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General News of Saturday, February 23, 2019
Source: Mynewsgh.com
2019-02-23
Police shot dead seven people in Ashanti region
Families of seven (7) people shot dead by police in the Ashanti region complained bitterly of the delay in paying the government promised compensation for the murder of their loved ones.
It is recalled that on July 7, 2018, police in the Ashanti region shot dead seven people suspected of being armed robbers in Manso Nkwanta in the Ashanti region, as reported by MyNewsGh.com .
The seven residents, all residents of Asawase Zongo in Kumasi, reportedly exchanged gunfire with the police patrol that led to their deaths, but the deceased families say they are not thieves, as claimed by the police command. Ashanti Regional Council.
The killings provoked outrage from communities in Zongo to Kumasi. The locals insisted on the innocence of the seven people and called for justice for their murder as well as compensation for the bereaved family.
A seven-member committee set up to investigate the shooting concluded that there was no evidence to suggest that the seven people killed in the shootings were armed robbers.
On Tuesday, January 8, 2019, Nana President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announced compensation of $ 1,750,000 to the families of the seven people killed by police in Asawase, in the Ashanti region.
Each family was to receive a package of 250,000 GH ¢.
President Akufo-Addo announced at the Zongo Conference for Peace and Development in Kumasi at the time.
Families speaking exclusively to MyNewsGh.com said the government had not kept its promises, saying they still had not received the government promised compensation. .
According to Imam Chief of Asawase and Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the seven-member committee, Shiek Yussif Alhbadan, they had a meeting with the government and pledged that the compensation be paid into the two weeks following the announcement of the amount announced Kumasi.
"We have not even received a pesewa from the 1,750,000 GH ¢ promised by the government. After the announcement of President Akuf-Addo, the government ordered us to open individual bank accounts so that compensation could be paid to them. We followed all the processes, but the government did not pay the money. The government gave us two weeks to pay the compensation, but it's almost two months after the announcement, "he lamented.
According to him, he is inundated with calls from family members who constantly ask when the money will be paid, because some of the deceased have left children that should be taken care of .
They added that although the money can not bring back their loved ones, it is up to the government to fulfill its promise.
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