COP Bright Oduro (rtd) Former Director General in Charge of Criminal Investigation Dept (CID) has described as ‘unfortunate’ a decision made by the East Legon District Crime Office as far as investigating the violence that occurred during the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election is concerened.
DSP Abena Benewaa, East Legon District Crime Officer appeared before the Emile Short Commission on Tuesday and indicated that a ‘civilian’ who had in his possession some spent shells from the scene of the violence was left to go after refusing to hand them over.
The man only identified as the Youth Chief of Wala; a resident of Weija, according to the CID refused to hand over 37 spent shells because he wanted to use it ‘to make a case’.
“I had the collection of the empty shells captured (this was after he refused to hand them over to the police). . . he is the youth Chief of Wala; he failed to mention his name; it was from my inquiry that I gathered he was the youth Chief of Wala in Accra. I gathered he lives around Weija . . . Inspector Sulley (the detective who spoke to the youth chief) said after he asked for the spent shells from him (youth chief), he said he wasn’t going to do so but he would allow him to take a picture of it; he said he was going to use it to make his case . . . he (youth chief) counted them and he said they were 37 spent shells."
Speaking to this in an interview on Citi eyewitness news, Tuesday, COP Bright Oduro said “it’s unfortunate that the man said he will hold on to the bullet shells and the police decided to back out."
According to him, he (Chief) “should have been arrested for interfering with police investigations . .. or if there were not enough policemen, there should have been reinforcement and then the empty shells taken away from him; I am sure the police who went there were not very serious about the matter.”
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but the shooting incident happened in the full glare of the police , yet they could not retrieve the empty shells, it was rather the civilian who taught it wise to collect same, the police at the scene were not interested.
I COULD NOT IN ANYWAY UNDERSTAND THAT POLICE WOMAN, ABENAA BENEWAA KWABENA. HIS BOSS GEORGE ASARE HAS ALSO DONE NOTHING ABOUT THEM. THE WOMAN DID WELL TO TAKE THE SPENT SHARES FROM THE CHILDREN AND FOLLOWED UP TO IDENTIFY THEIR TEACHER TO MAINTAIN THEIR CONTACT. I WAS HOWEVER VERY UNHAPPY THAT HE HAD NOT USED HER OFFICE TO INVITE THE MAN NOR REPORTED THE MATTER TO THE POLICE TO RETRIEVE THEM TO INCLUDE THE SPENT SHALLS IN THE INVESTIGATION. IT LOOK STRANGE, UNLESS THEY DID NOT MATTER TO THE INVESTIGATION.
East Legon polive were and are trying to make a bad case for the npp government. from the commander to this lousy woman who calls herself a police officer, you can clearly see, they are personally charting a course to implicate this government
This is why you were asked to proceed on leave. In a volatile circumstance like that you wanted the police to arrest someone who had been gradually cooperating with them? Was not reasonable to take the photos and subsequently make the effort to get the real spent bullets?