Security Analyst, Adib Saani has described the Ejura Committee report as biased and in favour of the military.
According to him, the police had been featured prominently in the report and the committee is silent about investigating and ensuring that the soldiers whose gunshots killed two people are brought to book.
“I think some people interestingly have been left out and am quiet surprised…I expected the committee to recommend a full scale investigation into the killing, particularly the killing perpetrated by the military. We need to know because there was a lot of confusion with respect to where the bullets were coming from.” He said.
The three-member committee that was put together to probe the Ejura disturbances has recommended the application of appropriate sanctions against the military personnel on the ground.
In the 55-page report published by the government on Monday, the Committee recommend that, the Military Establishment should “review the actions of the Section on the ground, led by Lieutenant Martin Opoku Adusei, for the inappropriate use of force, and apply appropriate sanctions.”
The three-member ministerial committee investigated the disturbances at Ejura in the Ashanti Region.
Among other things, the Committee made some 10 recommendations which included the removal of the Ejura-Sekyedumasi Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), who already pulled out of the race for a new MCE, and compensation for the affected families and victims.
The committee also recommended the immediate transfer of the Ejura-Sekyedumasi District Commander of Police, DSP Philip Kojo Hammond.
The Committee explained that the police commander should be transferred on grounds of incompetence in handling the situation and “for the fact that his relationship with the community seems to have been damaged beyond repair.”
It also recommended that henceforth all crowd control units must put on body cameras in order to record every action.
The committee said it finds the application of maximum force by the security as escalating the situation.
Meanwhile, security analyst, Adib Saani says that recommendation for an internal enquiry by the military is not enough adding that lives were lost and the people need justice.
Source: Anthony Sasu Ayisadu/ATLFMNEWS
