Solomon Amankwah a sports journalist at Takoradi based Ahoto FM a subsidiary of Atinka Media Village has been physically assaulted by a police officer.
According to Solomon Amankwah, ” his car was parked at the premises of the Sekondi Police station but sadly had his keys locked inside the car and was trying to get something to open the car, a police officer not in uniform and wearing earrings came questioning him”.
In a post on Facebook, The Superman stated that as he was in search to get a piece of metal to open the car, the police officer whom he gave his name as Obuasi and was drunk, begun to attack him on suspicion of being a thief.
Below is the post
3rd of January 2022
A police officer at the Sekondi Police Station assaults me over a misunderstanding
I had gone to the police station to park my car there and unfortunately had my keys locked in the car…..
In a process of trying to find something to open the car, a police office not in uniform and wearing a earrings appeared and started questioning me…
I had explained that I was looking for a small metal I could use to try and open my car… That I am a journalist and I even have a father who is also a police officer that’s why I usually park my car there…
The officer by nickname OBUASI wouldn’t even have my explanation so started raising his voice at me… I told him he shouldn’t intimidate me cos I’m not a thief and that am a journalist.
Well because he had taken in alcohol he just pounced on me started hitting my face leaving me bleeding profusely with bruises and swells all over my face…
I’ve tried getting his name but none want to give it to me
They all call him OBUASI
But then again I ask, if I am even a thief, should a police officer who has swore to protect lives and property take the law in his own hands when the person(suspect) hasn’t resisted arrest of tried to fight him?
Ghana Police Service this is a test case to prove that civilians can trust the police to protect them
George Akuffo Dampare George Akuffo Dampare our highly respected Inspector General of Police can the citizenry still have faith in the Ghana Police Service?
Ministry of the Interior, Ghana How do we get these men in the service
We will fight this with our last breath
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