Ablakwa: Prez Should Have Condemned Ashaiman Military Swoop
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The Member of Parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed disappointment in the President’s loud silence over the military brutalisation of civilians living at Ashaiman in Accra.
A military operation at Ashaiman on March 7 morning and sanctioned by the Military high command took place after the murder of a 22-year-old trooper with GAF in the area on Saturday.
Some of the residents were brutalised with the arrest of 184 persons during the “intelligence-led” swoop of crime-prone areas of the community, the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) said in a statement.
The action of the Military has been widely condemned by a section of Ghanaians.
It was expected that President Akufo-Addo during the delivery of the State of the nation address on March 8 would comment on the development, however, he remained tight-lipped over it.
Reacting to the reaction of the President, the legislator outlined some of his expectations.
“The Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces should have condemned the killing of the soldier in Ashaiman & he should have decried the high-handed response & brutalities by the military against helpless civilians.”
He also expected the President to announce investigations into the death of the Officer and the Military swoop.
Source: opemsu.com/Hajara Fuseini