The former president John Dramani Mahama has urged the Military to exercise more restraint over the murder of a soldier in Ashaiman which resulted in military raid in the suburb, and also commiserated with the Army and family of the deceased.
I am deeply saddened by the death of one of our soldiers, at such a young age, in Ashaiman.
Lordina and I extend our deepest condolences to his bereaved and grieving family, and the officers and men of the Ghana Armed Forces, He mentioned.
The deceased who’s name, Trooper Imoro Sherrif was gruesomely murdered in the early hours of Saturday, March 4, 2023 at Ashaiman-Taifa.
The military in response to the killing stormed Ashaiman and meted out punishment on residents, an operation which was met with criticism from the public.
According to the formal President, approach adopted by the military in handling the murder of their colleague in Ashaiman is inappropriate as many innocents residents suffered injuries from the military invasion.
As your former Commander in Chief, I do appreciate how such unexpected deaths affect the Force.
However, I encourage you to exercise restraint and allow due process to investigate, apprehend, prosecute and punish the perpetrator(s) of the dastardly act.
There are obviously many people who live and work in Ashaiman who are innocent of this heinous crime. The military must, therefore, refrain from meting out extra-judicial justice to them,” He opined.
The Ghana Armed forces in a Press Release maintained that the Forces operation was not intended to avenge the murder of the soldier but rather ‘to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime.’
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 who will subsequently hand them over to the Ghana Police for screening and further action. The statement highlighted.
press release by the ghana armed forces
Ghanaians and some politicians have slammed the military’s action against the residents stressing that the Ghana Armed Forces statement isn’t convincing and have called for parliamentary probe into the military’s actions.
