The Minister of Interior Ambrose Dery has assured that much seriousness will be attached to the recommendations contain in the report of the three-member ministerial committee tasked to investigate the disturbances recorded at Ejura.
On Tuesday July 27, 2021, the three-member ministerial committee tasked to investigate the disturbances recorded at Ejura, presented its findings to the Interior Minister Ambrose Dery.
Presenting the report, the Chairman of the 3-member ministerial committee, Justice George Kingsley Koomson said the committee in its work, had dedicated itself in ensuring that attention was given every detail of issues presented by those who appeared to testify.
He said it is the hope of the committee that government through the Interior Minister will give a good ear to the recommendations, after rigorously reviewing all evidences presented to it, and try to accept and implement them.
“I want to let you know that we attached serious importance to the work and dedicated ourselves to all issues with meticulous attention and details. Having assured ourselves after listening to 22 witnesses and reviewed volumes of documents including audio and videos, we have come with our findings and proffered some recommendations”.
“And we hope the government through your good self [Interior Minister] will give a good ear to them and try to accept and implement them,” Chairman of the Committee, Justice George Kingsley Koomson said.
Snippet of the report gleaned by Mynewsafric.com revealed that the committee has recommended the removal of the Municipal Chief Executive of Ejura Salisu Bamba from office.
Although this did not come to some as a shock, many have also wished the recommendations would include dismissal of the Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah especially as he had admitted that he was the one who dispatched the military to Ejura, leading to the death of two and injuries of others.
Mr. Osei Mensah owned up to the deployment of the military as a backup for the Police in the area after he received intelligence on the ground.
Appearing before the 3-member committee , he said “I got intel that they (youth) said after the burial of Kaaka, they will move and burn the Police Station and burn to death two persons who the Police are keeping in custody in connection with the death of Kaaka. So I realized that wouldn’t help and truly they were going to do that”.
The committee completed its work on July 9, 2021, after holding public hearings for two weeks, taking testimonies from 22 witnesses including journalists, police and military officers as well as political appointees in the jurisdiction of the incident and family members of some victims.
