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Processes have begun to prosecute the police personnel behind the killing of some seven persons who were mistaken for armed robbers at Manso Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region last year, President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced.
Twenty-one personnel involved in the incident that triggered violent protests from the people of Asawase where the seven victims lived, have since November 2018 been interdicted while a service inquiry is instituted into their conduct in the case.
Announcing a compensation package for the families of the victims in Kumasi Tuesday, Nana Akufo-Addo urged the people and the families to remain calm as those found culpable in the incident will not be shielded in any way.
“Processes have been initiated that will result in the prosecution of any police person who is allegedly found to have acted outside the law,” the President revealed but did not say the extent to which it has gone and whether the service inquiry has been completed.
In July 2018, some police personnel shot and killed seven residents of Asewase at Manso-Nkwanta, who the police claimed were armed robbers.
Their killing led to agitations among families of the deceased as well as residents of Manso-Nkwanta who rejected the robbery claim by the police.
Government was pushed to set up a five-member Committee to investigate what led to the killing of the seven, following violent protest at Asewase.
Findings from the Committee’s report as stated by Government, found no proof to conclude the deceased were indeed armed robbers.
