Songor Brutalities: Call Your Men to Order to Preserve the Integrity and Professionalism of Ghana Police Service- Dampare Told
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. Akuffo-Dampare has called upon to preserve the integrity and professionalism of the service to boost the trust and confidence of the people of Ada Songor.
According to people of Ada Songor, it is time for Dampare to call his men to order as well ensure they protect the lives and properties of people of Ada Songor.
Below is a Press Release issued by the Assemblyman for Hwakpo-Addokope Electoral Area, Hon. Isaac T. Gbenartey who is also a Native & Member, Progressive Network, Luhuor
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SETTING THE RECORDS STRAIGHT ON THE POLICE BRUTALITY AT LUHUOR-ADA; THE GHANA
POLICE SERVICE MUST PRESERVE ITS INTEGRITY AND PROFESSIONALISM, NOT TO BE AN
INSTITUTION SERVING INDIVIDUAL INTEREST
We, the good people of Luhuor-Ada has noted with utter dismay and disappointment Press Release issued by the Ghana Police Service dated 27th October, 2021, concerning the brutality and inhumane treatment melted on the Luhuor Community by the Tema Regional Command, Ada Divisional Command (Sege & Kasseh) and their cohorts supposed to be Land Guards of Electrochem Ghana Limited on Friday, 21st October, 2021.
We consider the said release by the Ghana Police Service as incongruous, deceptive, self- defense borne out of bad faith and an attempt to shield the Tema Regional Command, Ada Division, and Electrochem land guards that unlawfully attacked and perpetrated serious criminal activities within the Community, an act contrary to the Police own Code of Conduct.
For the records, we want to state unequivocally that, it’s false and mischievous on the part of the Ghana Police Service to have claimed and misinformed the General Public that twenty Nine (29) suspects have been arraigned before the Tema Circuit Court A, on Monday, 25 th October 2021. This false claim of the Police is contrary to their document presented at the court.
On the contrary, we find the claim by the Police that the said members of Luhuor assaulted two Police Officers as a preposterous and deliberate attempt by the Police Service not to just tarnish the image of the Community but a scheme to cover up for Electrochem Land Guards, dressed in Police tactical pant, boot, and face masked like armed robbers with Electrochem shirt on top. The supposed Police Officers and their Electrochem Land Guard counterparts entered the Luhuor Community with claimed that they were chasing a motorbike.
This contradicts the Police statement that suggested the officers were responding to the Electrochem Ghana Limited distress call.
Again, it must be emphasized that the Police Officers were protected by the Community members and this can be supported by the widely circulated video. No Police Officer was either assaulted or held hostage by the members.
Again, it must be established that Electrohem Ghana Limited has Nothing of any kind, be it property or whatsoever within the Luhuour Community, hence, the Police claimed that Electrochem Ghana Limited at Luhuor was under attack by some
Community members was brutally lied. Even assuming without admitting that Electrochem exists within the claim jurisdiction, it will be necessary for the company and the Police to acknowledge and respect the terms of its lease agreement including clause 1.5.
Contrary to the Police statement, No weapon or whatsoever belonging to the Police was seized by the community members. The purported weapon and a box of ammunition as found were reported and admitted at the Police Headquarters.
We are amused by the sudden turned by the Police, as initial information available to us confirmed the weapon as locally manufactured and wasn’t a property of the Ghana Police Service by the Anti Armed Robbery Unit has metamorphosed to be a Police weapon as claimed in the Police statement.
The said weapon was reported at the Police Headquarters because of the mistrust and compromised nature of the Police within the Tema Regional Command and the Ada Divisional Command who are constantly operating with the likes of Alhassan, a notorious land guard of Electrochem Ghana Limited.
Moreover, it must be made clear that Nene Dadebom Anim II, Kofi Dzagble, Joshua Larweh, Wisdom Dzagble, and Onyame Koble are all not members of the Luhuor Community, neither were they in the community on the said date. We ask, why the strange attempt to impose and regard all these persons as members of the Luhuor Community? It must be known to the Police that, Bonikope, Toflokpo, and Luhuor are certainly not the same.
Again, we find it shocking the Police claimed that a Toyota cross-country vehicle was destroyed by the suspects when the same said vehicle was part of the three (3) Police vehicles that returned to the Community few hours later and was without any damage. It must be said that, the Sege District Commander who led the second coming of the team never mentioned or complained of any damaged vehicle as part of the concerns raised in his engagement with the Honourable Assembly Member of the area.
As a Community, we want to put it on records that, the said operation carried at
Luhuor on Friday, 22nd October 2021, was not done solely by the Ada Divisional
Command but together with Tema Regional Command and Electrochem land guards (miscreants), ransacked the Community with Nine (9) pickups and long VIP Bus, broke into more than seventy (70) rooms and made away with TV sets, mobile phones, monies, motorbikes, and tricycles. So shameful to know that the said Police Officer broke into a Kitchen and stolen Pork Meat from a pot of soup prepared.
In fact, these hoodlums of Police did not just steal but also destroyed many properties; burnt motorbikes, broke Tv sets, vandalized a vehicle, and maltreated members of the community including children, young and elderly people including persons who are sick.
It is interesting to know that, these hoodlums of Police carried a Seventy four (74) years old man by the name Nomo. Charles Kwablah Ofoe out from his sickbed and threw him outside on the ground. The same treatment was melted on Seventy-six (76) years old woman, Madam Victoria Ocloo (Maama Afuaamame), her grandson who takes care of her was also arrested while on nature’s called and was beaten to a pulp.
Furthermore, several women including Doeyo, Amakuor, Ohui, and many others were asked to sleep with their back on the road and ask to stare at the sun for hours, with some of them heavily beaten with wire.
These miscreants of Police Officers again broke into a drinking bar/store of a Community member, drank four (4) crates of Club Beer, four (4) boxes of voltic water, a number of soft drinks, bottles of Akpeteshi among other drinks were drunk by the ‘drunkards’ of Police Officers. Also, stolen loaves of bread and destroyed many other items in the store.
The Police Officers out of their alcoholism again arrested eighty (80) years old man, who doubles as the acting Stool Father of the community, seventy-five (75) years old woman who was locked at the Tema Community four (4) Police cell four for (4) good days. Same with other elderly men between the ages of 65 – 75 with some kicked to the ground while others were slapped and knocked with objects. All these atrocities and devilish acts were visited on the community members all in the name to reclaim a supposed weapon that had been already reported at the Police Headquarters.
We strongly believe that this is nothing but an attempt by the Police within the Tema – Ada Region to intentionally create fear, tension, cause mayhem, please their ‘Pay Master’, and to empower and cover-up for Electrochem land guards like Alhassan that wielding guns and others weapons to continue with their criminal activities in the area. Hence, unwarranted attacked and arrested persons we believe to be innocent of the allegations levelled against them.
These same land guards in conjunction with the Police officers from Tema and Ada invaded the Luhuor Community on the 24th June 2021, between the hours of 11:40 pm and 12:20 am, arrested some persons in a Rambo-style amidst firing of guns.
It must again be said that the Police in the region is gradually becoming an epitome of lawlessness, as some Police Officers are conspicuously working with some officers of some state agencies to deny bail to five (5) minors including a final year JHS student, despite bail granted by the court.
We, by this statement caution institutions and individuals rented by MacDan and Electrochem Ghana Limited to be mindful of their actions along with the Luhuor community.
We shall defend the blood toiled by our fathers, including the blood of the innocent pregnant woman and her unborn baby. We, therefore warn persons involved in the cunningly and heinous enterprise of Electrochem to be careful.
We are by this release calling on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr. George Akuffo Dampare to call his men in the Tema Regional Command and Ada Division to order, and institute an independent investigation into their engagement of Land Guards, destruction of Properties and seek justice for Luhuor Community members that were maltreated.
Hon. Isaac T. Gbenartey
Native & Member, Progressive Network, Luhuor
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