The Police SWAT Commander who led the operation to La Bawaleshie in the Ayawaso West Wuogon constituency in Accra has admitted that the security operatives engaged in excesses during the disturbances on the day of the by-election.
DSP Samuel Azugu told the Emile Short Commission Monday that the SWAT team “overacted” while trying to arrest some men suspected to be engaged in some untoward activity.
Narrating his account to the Commission of inquiry, DSP Azugu said his team was on a mission to confiscate some arms that were allegedly being stockpiled in a residence at La Bawaleshie.
DSP Azugu led the SWAT team to La Bawaleshie
He said when they arrived in the area, his vehicle had parked on the road and another vehicle was also parked behind him so they decided to engage in a minimal traffic direction and also reposition their vehicles.
“While we were doing that, we spotted a convoy of motorbikes and they numbered about 15 riders with multiple passengers,” he said.
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