The overlord of the Wa Traditional Area, Wa Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV has said that the government must provide some compensation to all innocent civillians who were recently brutalised by armed soldiers.
The overlord said this when a high delegation from the Ghana Armed Forces went to apologise following the torture of civillians by some soldiers who claimed their mobile phone was missen.
The traditional leader also said the unprofessional behaviour of the soldiers must not go unpunished.
“The events of yesterday [Thursday, 1 July 2021] constitute a breach of the mutual trust and respect we had for each other and the only damage reparation we can accept is if the men dragging the reputation of the noble profession of the military into disrepute are fished out and appropriately punished without delay, nothing less.”
“We also expect a form of compensation packages for those who suffered serious atrocities in their hands,” noted a speech read on the overlord’s behalf by his spokesperson Naa Kadiri Abubakari.
He added: “I take the opportunity to inform the military high command that, as a result of the act, there is a young man in the palace right now who is still unable to find his tricycle.”
Nonetheless, he urged his subjects to restrain themselves.
“I wish to call on the peace-loving and good people of the Wala Traditional Area and the Upper West Region not to allow the extreme provocative action of a misguided few of our men in uniform to push them to take the law into their hands. We are above this,” he urged.
Source: GhanaFeed.com