The ongoing feud between the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the police appear to be worsening with the Commission accusing the men in black of deliberately “twisting” facts to favour them.
The Commission chair, Josephine Nkrumah has served notice they will liaise with the relevant bodies to seek justice for the two Biakoye District NCCE staff who were assaulted by the police yet found themselves on the wrong side of the law.
The Attorney-General (A-G) has directed the prosecution of two NCCE workers who were reportedly assaulted by three police officers in May last year.
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The two - Adelaide Quashie and Ernest Mensah - reportedly reprimanded and tried to stop a taxi driver from giving the officers a GHS2 note.
Their intervention infuriated the three law enforcement officers who accosted and pulled them out of the taxi and allegedly assaulted them.
They were dragged to the police station and brutalized, Asuogyaman District NCCE Director, Pearl Addo told Myjoyonline.com.
Interestingly, the two staff are to be prosecuted for allegedly attacking the police officers Myjoyonline.com has learnt.
The development has been widely condemned by sections of Ghanaians, with others urging the Commission to petition the president about the matter.
Reacting to the issue at a news conference in Accra Friday, Mrs Nkrumah said the Commission will not allow the staff to be punished for something they had not done.
“We’ve contacted the regional command, he invited us [and] to all intent and purposes it was an ongoing investigation [but] to our surprise there is a twist to the event,” she recounted, adding the NCCE is keenly following the issue.
Under a serious tone, Mrs Nkrumah assured Ghanaians the Commission, under her leadership, will put an end to all forms of attack on civic educators across the country.
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