The Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) has said the invasion of Ashaiman, a suburb in Accra by military officers over death of a young soldier was sanctioned by the Military High Command.[ads2]
Personnel of the Ghana Armed Forces stormed Ashaiman and its environs on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in a manhunt for some criminals, who were suspected to have stabbed and killed young soldier, Imoro Sherrif on Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Trooper Sherrif who was stationed in Sunyani was found dead in a pool of blood on Saturday, March 4 at Ashaiman in Accra after seeking for a permission to visit his parents in the area where he grew up.[ads3]
A statement from GAF says the military operation was sanctioned by the Military High Command and was not to avenge the killing of the young soldier but rather to fish out perpetrators of the heinous crime.
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Following the operation, the military personnel picked up about 184 suspects aged between 21 and 47 years old and have since been handed to the military police and subsequently be sent to the Ghana Police Service for screening and for further action.
GAF says during the course of the swoop, the Military personnel seized 29 slabs and 57 mini slabs of suspected indian hemps and amnesia among other forms of the narcotics.[ads4]
GAF says the swoop was not targeted at innocent civilians but was an intelligence-led operation conducted on suspected hideouts of the criminals and crime-prone areas of the general area
“GAF, however acknowledges that regrettably some innocent persons might have been caught up in the operations and consequently suffered some distress due to the location they found themselves at the time”, part of the statement reads.[ads5]
