The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has stated that the military operation sanctioned by Military High Command was not to avenge the death of the soldier.
GAF in a statement issued on March 7, 2023, and signed by its Director General, Public Relations, Brigadier General, E. Aggrey-Quarshie said the operation was to “fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime.”
It added that following the swoop at Ashaiman-Taifa and Tulaku, military personnel have picked up about 184 suspects aged between 21 and 47 years old.
“Following the operations at Ashaiman-Taifa and Tulaku, the military personnel picked up about 184 suspects aged between 21 and 47 years old and have since handed them over to the Military Police and subsequently to be sent to the Ghana Police Service for screening and for further action. During the course of the swoop, the personnel seized 29 slabs and 57 mini slabs of suspected Indian hemp and amnesia among other forms of narcotics,” GAF said in its statement.
GAF stated that it was regrettable that some innocent people got caught up in the operation.
“GAF however acknowledges that regrettably some innocent persons might have been caught up in the operation and consequently suffered some distress due to the location they found themselves at the time,”
It, therefore, called on the public to assist with information that might lead to the arrest of criminals.
“GAF accordingly wishes to urge the general public to provide useful information, support the security agencies in weeding out criminals and miscreants from our communities, and desist from shielding and conniving with such suspects in order to curb criminal activities in the country,” the military said in the statement.
Trooper Imoro Sherrif, a military officer, was allegedly stabbed in the town on Saturday, March 4, 2023, prompting soldiers to unleash mayhem on some Ashaiman locals on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old soldier from the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) band in Sunyani, Bono Region, was reported to be on his way back from his girlfriend’s house in Taifa to his home in Zongo-Laka, Ashaiman, when the terrible occurrence occurred.
Read the full statement below:
