A member of the Interior and Defense Committee of Parliament, Cletus Avoka, has indicated that the committee will work to summon the Minister for National Security, Albert Kan Dapaah, to appear before Parliament and provide an account of the alleged brutality against some residents of Garu in the Upper East region by personnel from the Ghana Armed Forces.
Reports suggest that military personnel conducted a dawn raid in Garu and assaulted residents during the operation.
The Ghana Armed Forces have defended their actions, alleging that local youth initiated an attack on national security operatives, leading to the military’s intervention.
The National Security Ministry issued a statement refuting the reports and explaining that the operation aimed to seize weapons used in an attack by a vigilante group in Garu on October 24.
However, Member of Parliament for Zebilla East, Cletus Avoka, believes it would be wise for the National Security Minister to appear before Parliament to address the issue
“We will endeavour to make a statement on the floor of Parliament. We will request that Speaker Alban Bagbin invite the Minister of National Security, Kan Dapaah to come and address the House. We will then appeal to the Speaker to set up a committee to investigate this. We had done this in Wa, when soldiers went on rampage and beat up civilians just because a civilian stole a soldier’s motorbike.”
“We went to Wa to investigate it. When soldiers beat up several people in Ashaiman and they made them lay in water and gutters, we went there to investigate, we went to the area and conducted investigations,” the Member of the Interior and Defense Committee of Parliament said.