Builsa North Member of Parliament, James Agalga has condemned the alleged killing of a soldier in Ashaiman
He said the action was unfortunate and should not have happened.
He equally condemned the response by the Military who allegedly brutalised civilians over the alleged killing of them.
Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Parliamentary Correspondent Komla Kluste on Tuesday, March 7, Mr Agalga who is a ranking member of the Defense and Interior Committee of Parliament said “I am extremely worried. First of all, let me express my profound condolence to the family of the soldier who lost his life. I am informed that a young soldier in his 20s, sort permission from the barracks parents to visit Ashaiman.
“Whiles on his way to his destination he was attacked by a mob and violently killed, it is unfortunate, these things should not be happening in our country. In as much as the gruesome murder of the soldier is condemnable and unfortunate, the response of the military is equally regrettable.”
The former Deputy Interior Minister added “We must all express our revulsion at the way and manner the soldiers stormed Ashaiman and meted out brutalities on the people of Ashaiman. Things shouldn’t happen that way, I am ashamed of what happened.
“I feel ashamed about what happened, our military should not take the law into their hands. A soldier has been killed, we have an institution of state responsible for the investigation of crime, in this case, the Police service has the mandate to investigate the commission of a crime and possibly prosecute.
“So rather than take the law into their hands, storm Ashaiman and met out brutalities on the people I would have expected that the Military would cooperate with the Police to carry out an investigation.”
A Security Analyst, Dr Adam Bonaa also said the Military should have allowed the Police to investigate the circumstances under which one of them was allegedly killed rather than taking the law into their own hands.
Dr Bonaa indicated that the act of brutalizing civilians by the military was wrong.
On Tuesday, March 7, the Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey reported that Military officers stormed the homes of some civilians in Ashaiman on Monday, March 6 and brutalized them after a soldier was killed in the area.
Mr Norgbey said on the Sunrise show on 3FM with Johnnie Hughes that “They can be peeved because one of their own is gone but brutalizing people is not the solution to this problem.”
Dr Bonaa also told show host Johnnie Hughes that “The soldiers should have left this (killing their military man) in the hands of the police for investigations. The manner in which the soldiers undertook the operation was not right.”
By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana
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