Cops beat 35-year-old man with butts of guns, bludgeoned his head – 6-year-old narrates

A six-year-old boy, who was with a 35-year-old man who, according to the family, was beaten to death by police officers at Tafo Pankrono in the Ashanti Region, has said the police assaulted the deceased with the butt of their guns and hit him in the head with a stick until he became unconscious.

According to the child, the deceased, Kofi Opoku, a.k.a Asco, was pulled over by the police but refused to stop.

The police patrol officers at Tafo-Nhyiaeso then gave him chase.

When he was caught, he was then beaten by the police until he became unconscious.

“The police asked him to stop but he refused. They chased him and beat him up. They stepped on him and they hit him with their guns and used a stick to hit his head and he fell unconscious. So, they took him to the hospital and a certain man came to pick him with a convertible car to another place,” the young boy narrated in the Twi language to journalists on Monday, 8 July 2019.

Asked where he was when Opoku was being beaten, the little boy replied: “I was sitting in the police car and after they had beaten him, they took his phone away from me”.

The victim was said to have been taken to the Tafo Government Hospital and was later referred to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The family of the deceased on Sunday, 7 July 2019 stormed the Tafo Pankrono Divisional Police Command to demand justice.

The police called for reinforcement after the youth in the area became agitated over the matter.

Nine persons including the deceased’s brother were reportedly arrested.

The family insists that the police must come clear on the matter.

The deceased left behind a pregnant wife and two children.