Ashaiman Lives Matter Lawyer and Spokesperson, Emmanuel Kumadzi to Accra-based Starr FM, and Ashaiman Member of Parliament Earnest Norgbey expressed the same to Citi News on Thursday, March 16, 2023.
“The soldiers chased Alhaji Mohammed Musah to his house. So, when he got home, he collapsed and he had a disease – High Blood Pressure. His blood pressure increased because the soldiers chased him to beat him, and unfortunately he died,” starrfm.com.gh quotes Kumadzi.
On Tuesday, March 7, just one day after Ghana’s Independence Day celebrations, armed soldiers believed to be from Camp Michel and Burma invaded Taifa on March 7, 2023, and attacked residents.
The brutality follows the death of a young Imoro Sheriff soldier who was attacked and killed by some assailants on Saturday, March 4 when he was returning from a female friend’s house. But the police have arrested six suspects who are now in custody and helping with the investigation.
During the attack on Ashaiman, the soldiers arrested a total of 184 villagers and sent them to Burma Camp. They were released a day later; 150 first before the remaining 134.
Meanwhile, the Ghana Armed Forces said the bloody operation was authorized by the Military High Command.
Local and international human rights organizations including Amnesty International, and CHRAJ, and individuals have condemned the actions of the soldiers, describing them as a violation of the human rights of innocent people.