Ghana institute of governance and security

Ghana institute of governance and security (GIGS)

PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE USE

CONDEMNATION OF THE UNFORTUNATE BEHAVIOUR OF THE YOUNG MEN WHO ASSAULTED AND KILLED THE POLICE OFFICER ERIC AKOI AT KENIAGO,AMANSIE WEST DISTRICT,OF ASHANTI REGION.

We write to express our strongest condemnation of the September 9, 2013 criminal act melted out against young police Lance corporal Eric Akoi at Keniago in the Amansie West District in Ashanti Region who was assaulted in uniform while on duty leading to his untimely death.

Indeed, we refuse to tolerate such inhumane act by the people of Keniago and we advice all Ghanaian should refuse to tolerate such brutality against police officers, military and all service personnel’s in our society.

The Ashanti Regional police have mounted a search for the arrest of a group of young men who allegedly beat up policeman at keniago in the Amansie West District in the Ashanti Region, resulting in his death. The deceased, identified as Lance Corporal Eric Akoi, suffered various degrees of head and body injuries when he was attacked at keniago around 1:30pm.On Monday, September 9, 2013.

Lance corporal Akoi went into coma following the attack and was rushed first to the St. Martin’s catholic Hospital at Agroyesum for emergency medical care but was transferred to the komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital the following day, where he died a day after being on admission.

The Ashanti Regional police public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent of police Mr. Mohammed Yusif Tanko,who briefed the Daily Graphic on the incident,said prior to the attack,Lance corporal Akoi,together with Constable Adams Alibeboure,had gone to keniago to effect the arrest of one Kingsley Gyamfi,a native of keniago,and two others involved in an assault case.

He said following a complaint on September 8, 2013 that Gyamfi had allegedly assaulted somebody at Keniago; the two policemen were detailed to affect his arrest to assist in investigations. He said while the policemen were on their way, they met the suspect at Keniago and decided to affect his arrest.

Mr. Tanko said the suspect, however, resisted arrest and, together with two others, jumped into an Isuzu pick-up trademark DV1124-13, and sped off on the Manso Nkwanta road. He said L/Cpl Akoi, who was riding a motorbike, succeeded in chasing the suspects and accosted them on the road at Manso Adjajukrom, but they jumped out of the vehicle and ran into the bush.

He said the action of the suspect alarmed members of the Adjajukrom community, who thought Gyamfi and his friends were thieves, for which reason they chased, arrested and assaulted them before handing them over to the police.

Mr. Tanko said since Gyamfi and his friends got injured in the process, they were sent to the St.Martins catholic Hospital at Agroyesum for medical care.

He said the following day, while L/Cpl Akoi was at Keniago on official duties, Gyamfi’s sympathizers saw him and, without any provocation, organized themselves and attacked him, causing him to sustain various degrees of injury.

In fact, such cruel action by the people of Keniago is abominable in the modern and civilized world and must be condemned by all and sundry.

It is therefore, important for the citizen of the area to note that the action by their sons are so un-Ghanaian and must be condemned in the most harsh way one can.

We regrettably against this despicable violence behaviors against the late Lance corporal Akoi and call on all Ghanaian and especially the chiefs and citizens of keniago and its environs to condemn such behavior on no uncertain terms.

We believe that those young men who might have committed such criminal act have their parents in the community and must be advised that persecution and violence of the worst kinds must be deleted from their homes and in their blood.

We wish to encourage full squad of police personnel to conduct investigation, and arrest the perpetrators if not, police should chase and force those criminal to remind in the bush and eat grasses with animals.

We are deeply sorry for the family of the young Lance corporal Akoi and the entire police service for such careless and uncultured behaviors by those young men who committed such criminal act.

We demand and trust Ghana police service to use all their skills of knowledge of intelligence gathering to make arrest of those people from our society and immediately take them through legal processes and principle

. In fact, Ghana Institute of Governance and Security wish to advice every Ghanaian that human rights violations is an injustice to mankind and we should all control our temper and reasons beyond before taken any action of brutality against fellow human being.

DAVID AGBEE

(EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

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KUMASI-GHANA