What The Soldiers Did At Ashaiman Wasn’t A Swoop, It Was A Mob Justice – Kpebu

Private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu has criticised the military for the brutalities meted out to some civilians at Ashaiman over the killing of a soldier.

He said per the laws of Ghana, the soldiers had no business being there to engage in what they did.

Kpebu said what the Military did was not a swoop, rather a mob justice.

He explained that for a swoop to happen, there must be a reasonable suspicion.

“By now we should have been on the streets that the President should resign,” he said on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, March 11 while contributing to a discussion on the killing of a soldier, Imoro Sherrif at Asahiman.

“What the Military did was not a swoop, it was a mob justice, it was vengeance, not a swoop.,” he stressed.

“There must be reasonable suspicion before you swoop,” he added.

He further indicated that per Article 2(10), the Military “had no business going there to unleash this mayhem.”

Martin further expressed condolence to the family of the killed solder.

Imoro Sherrif’s body was found in a pool of blood near the Amania Hotel in Ashaiman and suspected to have been stabbed to death.

The Military High Command on Tuesday sanctioned an intelligence-led operation to fish out the perpetrators of the crime.

In the course of the operation, several civilians reported of brutalities meted out to them.