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General News of Friday, February 15, 2019
Source: clbadfmonline.com
2019-02-15
play the videoPolice denied having deployed masked men
The director of Ghanaian police operations, DCOP George Alex Mensah, dismissed claims that the masked men who had caused chaos in the by-election of Ayawaso West Wuogon in a SWAT-branded vehicle belonged to to the police.
DCOP Mensah, who appeared before an investigating commission charged with investigating gun violence, told the commission that he was unaware of the operations of these masked men at the time. well equipped weapons.
"I did not know who the masked men were. I will be surprised that they are part of the SWAT team. This vehicle is not one of those under my command and the police have never used this vehicle before, "he said on Friday, February 15, 2019.
He revealed: "No other unit has participated in maintaining order during the elections."
The testimony of DCOP Mensah joins that of Interior Minister Ambrose Dery, who also revealed to the Commission that none of the police deployed at the Ayawaso West by-election Wuogon was wearing a mask.
He also said on Thursday that police-branded vehicles used by national security agents who fired on 16 members of the main opposition party, the National Democratic Congress, during the election, did not belong to the Ghanaian police.
In his testimony before the Commission, Mr. Dery said: "I first saw on television a number of people dressed in khaki and some wearing a mask, they were armed and when I was I had the video, I forwarded it to the IGP. : "They are not part of my men" ".
He continued: "Regarding the reports of the IGP, they were not among the people that he deployed that day and, therefore, they are not his men."
Mr. Dery further stated that he had been informed by the IGP that the vehicles used by the gunmen do not belong to the police, although they were referred to as vehicles of the police.
"It appeared to me on the video that they were in a vehicle bearing the police logo. This is one of the reasons that I forwarded the video to the IGP and he denied that it was not a vehicle. police used by the police, "Dery added.
He quoted IGP saying, "Our vehicles have GPs [as registration number]What is the number of the GP? This is not our vehicle.
"What I know is that all the police and immigration members who were deployed that day were not masked and were not armed," said Mr. Dery.
About an hour away from the Thursday, January 31, 2019 by-election, heavily armed militants shot NDC supporters at the private residence of the party's candidate.
Some civilians were also beaten, including a member of Parliament, Sam George. He was slapped in the fray under the eyes of some police officers.
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