Youth Activist and Researcher, Ivan Kyei Innocent has condemned recent acts of brutality by military personnel in some parts of the country.
On Tuesday, June, 29, 2021 soldiers who were deployed to control a group of angry protestors at Ejura, were captured on video firing live bullets into the protesting crowd, resulting in the death of two residents with four others severely injured.
Recently, A member of the Ghana Armed Forces Band Sherif Imoro, 21, a trumpeter who was stationed at Sunyani in the Bono Region was last Saturday killed at Ashaiman.
He was in Accra for a military course and in the last three weeks, had been visiting the parents in their home at Ashaiman every Friday.
It was during one of his visits that he was reportedly confronted by a gang who killed him.
Some military men on Tuesday dawn stormed Ashaiman to look for the killers of the soldiers and residents were subjected to beatings.
Describing their actions as unprofessional, during an interview on Ahotor 92.3 Fm’s Simpieso, Ivan Kyei Innocent stated that the level of impunity within the security agencies is growing it undermines public confidence in the security agencies.
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Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh (#RomeoWrites) / Ahotoronline.com
