Member of parliament for Ashaiman, Ernest Henry Norgbey, has provided details of what transpired in the town as military soldiers invaded and brutalized locals over the suspected death of one of their own.
According to Ernest Henry Norgbey, he was contacted at three in the morning about the incursion of military forces who were brutalizing defenseless civilians going about their everyday business.
In an interview with the media, he explained that;
“I was just in the house somewhere around 3:30am concerning some invasion of military personnel in the Official Town enclave of Ashaiman and according to the sources they were just brutalising the innocent citizens; people who are going about their daily duties, people who would want to go to work early morning. They were just brutalising them making sure they don’t come out from their homes, reasons best known to them. But what we are picking is as a reprisal attack on the innocent citizens as a result of the killing of one of their own on Saturday dawn.
The MP added that he had spoken to the deputy defense minister to try to calm the situation and had received assurances that the men would be summoned back to the barracks.
“As we speak, we made frantic efforts to get the authorities involved to call the men back to the barracks and I have been able to speak to the deputy minister for defense who assured me that things will become calm very soon. I can see some signs of departure from the vicinity by these armed men.
“I am in the community as we speak, I live Ashaiman official town so I know what is happening,” he added.
Videos of the attacks on some residents in Ashaiman has gone viral on social media after military personnel stormed the area, and brutalised citizens.
In some of these videos, personnel were seen hitting and brutalising residents who were outside of their rooms during the early hours of the day.
The incident happened on the dawn of Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Official town in Ashaiman during a heavy downpour.
Reports indicate that residents have been forced to stay in their rooms until there is calm.
Most streets in the area are very empty.