The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Nogbey has said
about 150 out of the 184 individuals arrested by the military in a swoop at
Ashaiman on Tuesday, March 7, 2023, have been released.
The MP who confirmed seeing the released persons added that
the remaining 30 are still being held in military custody.
Military personnel besieged Ashaiman on Tuesday, March 7,
2023, with helicopters and armoured vehicles, to brutalise civilians following
the murder of a military officer, Trooper Sherriff Imoro, who was allegedly
stabbed in the town on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Ernest Nogbey in an interview with Citi News said
they will push till all arrested residents are freed.
“Out of the 184 [detained by the military], 150 have been
released. As we speak, we have about 34 yet to be released by the military, and
they state that they are just screening them”.
“So by close of today [March 9] we will know whatever outcome
may come from the screening. I just met with the 150 including their families
and calmed the situation down and assured them that we are going to take charge
of the situation and also provide some leadership for them so none of them
should take the law into their hands,” the Ashaiman MP said.
The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) in a statement justified the brutalities
adding that the raid was not to avenge the death of the soldier but to fish out
perpetrators of heinous crimes.
GAF announced that its high command sanctioned the swoop.
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