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The Ghana Bar Association reacting to the conduct of security personnel in Ghana in recent times has referred to it as 'cruel and unacceptable'. In a statement issued by the Association on Thursday 8th July, it stated that security personnel in Ghana must execute their duties with professionalism and under no circumstance should they subject the ordinary citizens to brutalities. ''Under no circumstances should operatives of the Security Agencies under the pretext of maintaining peace, manhandle and assault people or…

The Interior Minister Mr. Ambrose Derry has extended the 3-member committee's working period in probing the Ejura disturbance that occurred on 29th July 2021. This was after the committee on Thursday 8th July 2021 asked for an extension with regards to its work on the investigation. According to the committee in a statement their working period must be extended by 6 days so that they can complete the task given them. The Interior Minister in a letter dated 9th July stated that he has approved the committee's…

The family of murdered social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed well know as Macho Kaaka has alerted the Interior Minister that it will not testify before the 3-member Committee that is investigating the Ejura disturbance. A statement from the family indicates that even though they are grateful that the 3-member Committee that is probing the issue has been set, they believe the probing at the end will not give them the justice they want. It made this statement on Thursday 8th July 2021 where it indicated that after…

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of Ejura-Sekyeredumasi has denied the allegations levelled against him that the three men arrested in connection to Kaaka's death are his body gaurds. According to him the three men, who were arrested are not his body guards but are equally NPP members just as Kaaka Macho, a social media activist who was murdered by some suspects. He admitted that indeed the arrested men sometimes visit him in his house just as everyone does. Speaking before the 3-member committee on Thursday 8th…

The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Ejura-Sekyeredumase Mohammed Salisu Bamba has finally explained why he left the Ejura township during the disturbance. Speaking before the 3-member committee that was set aside by the Interior Minister Ambrose Derry under the orders of President Nana Addo, the MCE disclosed he was advised by security agent to leave the area. He noted that when Kaaka the social media activist died he was directly linked to the murder and believes his presence in the area would have worsen the…

Ejura-Sekyeredumase Municipal Chief Executive Mohammed Salisu Bamba has told the 3-member committee set aside to investigate the Ejura disturbance that some faceless group of individuals are using the death of social media activist Kaaka for their own interest. He made this comment when he appeared before the committee of inquiry on Thursday 8th July 2021. The MCE says from the look of how the whole environment has been polarized, some faceless individuals are trying to use Kaaka's death for their own parochial…

General Officer Commander of Central Command, Brigadier General Joseph Aphour, the military who were deployed to restore order in Ejura had no option than to fire protestors during the Ejura disturbance after some people fired shot from within the protestors. Meanwhile earlier claims had it that none of the protestors had guns on them apart from stones and sticks and so this from General Aphour is the first of its kind. While he appeared before the 3-member committee, General Joseph Aphour said earlier when the…

According the the General Officer Commander of Central Command, Brigadier General Joseph Aphour, there would have been a record of more deaths if the Military had used excessive force during the clash between locals of Ejura and Military. Speaking to the the Committee of Inquiry on the Ejura chaos he stated that the Military employed minimal force in controlling the crowd during the chaos. He stated that at a point it became so terrible that the civilians were firing from the crowd at the military and so the commander…

The Ashanti Regional Minsiter Simon Osei-Mensah has disclosed that the Regional Security Council (REGSEC) has not been briefed on the identity of the security personnel who shot and killed two protestors at Ejura on 29th June 2021 when the military and police invaded the area. Speaking to the Committee of Inquiry, Mr. Osei-Mensah stated emphatically that the identity of the one who killed the two protestors is yet to be foound. On 29th June 2021, locals of Ejura staged a peaceful protest in wake of a social media…

The police in Ghana have confirmed that social media activist, Ibrahim Mohammed who was murdered on Sunday while on his way home was murdered by nobody but his brother. According to a report sighted by pinaxnew.com, the police came up with the conclusion after a preliminary investigation was conducted. This was also confirmed by an eye witness who is a resident of Ejura. In an interview on Kesben TV, the eye witness stated that she saw one Baba Iddi who is a brother of Kaaka attacking him and dragging his body from…