Swoop At Ashaiman Was Sanctioned By Military High Command – Ghana Armed Forces (Press Statement)
In the early hours of the morning, there were reports of soldiers engaging in acts of violence in Ashaiman, a suburb located in Accra. This occurred shortly after an unidentified group allegedly stabbed a soldier to death in the same area a few days earlier.
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During the incident, some residents were forced to lie down and roll on the wet ground, which had been soaked by the morning’s rain. There are also images that suggest the soldiers committed acts of brutality.
The Ghana Armed Forces have offered an explanation for their operation in the Ashiaman community. According to their statement, they conducted a targeted mission in Ashiaman and its environs to search for individuals suspected of being responsible for the fatal stabbing of a young soldier on March 4th, 2023.
Full Statement Here
MILITARY CONDUCTS SWOOP AT ASHAIMAN TARGETED AT KILLERS OF YOUNG SOLDIER
Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) on Tuesday 7 March 2023, conducted a swoop in Ashaiman and its environs in a man-hunt for some criminals, who are suspected to have stabbed and killed a young soldier (Trooper Imoro Sherrif) in the early hours of Saturday 4 March 2023, at Ashaiman-Taifa. Trooper Sherrif, who is stationed in Sunyani, was in Accra on a Course and had sought permission to visit his parents at Ashaiman where he grew up but was found in a pool of blood in the early hours of Saturday near the Amania Hotel in Ashaiman.
GAF wishes to state categorically that the military operation, which was sanctioned by the Military High Command, was NOT to avenge the killing of the soldier but rather to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous. Following the operations at Ashaiman-Taifa and Tulaku, the military personnel picked up about 184 suspects aged between 21 and 47 years old and have since handed them over to the Military Police and subsequently to be sent to the Ghana Police Service for screening and for further action. During the course of the swoop, the personnel seized 29 slabs and 57 mini slabs of suspected indian hemp and amnesia among other forms of the narcotics.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) also wishes to place on record that the swoop was not targeted at innocent civilians but was an intelligence-led operation conducted on suspected hideouts of eriminals and crime-prone areas in the general area. GAF however acknowledges that regrettably some innocent persons might have been caught up in the operation and consequently suffered some distress due to the location they found themselves at the time.
GAF accordingly wishes to urge the general public to provide useful information, support the security agencies in weeding out criminals and miscreants from our communities and to desist from shielding and conniving with such suspects in order to the curb criminal activities.
Author – Kofi Annan Gh
