The young soldier Imoro Sherrif, who was brutally killed at Ashaiman in the Greater Accra District, has been buried according to Islamic custom.
His remains were transferred from the 37 Military Hospital mortuary to the Burma Camp cemetery in Accra. He was interred on Thursday, March 9. At the cemetery, several soldiers came to witness the burial of their deceased comrade, age 21.
Imoro Sherrif was viciously murdered on March 4. Close to the Amania Hotel in Ashaiman, where he is believed to have been stabbed, he was found dead in a pool of blood.
The Military High Command gave the go-ahead for an intelligence-led manhunt for the criminals on Tuesday. Several civilians are alleged to have been brutalized during the operation.
Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been urged to take action against the brutality perpetrated by some military personnel against civilians.
Following the death of a soldier in the town of Ashaiman, a suburb of Accra, some military personnel broke into the homes of citizens in Ashaiman on March 6 and brutalized them.
The Member of Parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey said on the Sunrise show on 3FM that “They can be peeved because one of their own is gone but brutalizing people is not the solution to this problem.”
He added; “I know the men (military men) are coming from Michel’s camp. I have called the head there but his line is unreachable.”
Commenting on this in a tweet, Chief Operations Officer at Dalrex Finance Mr Joe Jackson said “I have several young men I call my ‘sons’ in Ashaiman. This situation scares and infuriates me in equal measure. The army must be brought to book. Soldiers who participated must be ‘court marshaled’ and thrown into jail. HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, please act.”
Kofi Amankwa-Manu, the Deputy Minister of Defence, has since apologized to Ghana’s citizens for the excesses that occurred on Tuesday, March 4, when some soldiers conducted an ambush in Ashaiman, a town in the Greater Accra Region.
I have several young men I call my 'sons' in Ashaiman. This situation SCARES and INFURIATES me in equal measure.
The army must be brought to book. Soldiers who participated must be 'court marshaled' and thrown into jail.
HE NADAA please act.#AshaimanBrutality #ArmyLawlessness pic.twitter.com/LiYkbZkzmd— Joe Jackson (@Joe_Jackson_GH) March 7, 2023
Source – Tru News Report
