Dear Ghana Police Service,
This
is #Setor, The Police officers in the riot Van with
registration number GP 324 from Ho who are patrolling Akatsi rammed
into a motorcycle he sat on in the evening of Friday 8th April 2022 and further
arrested him and denied him access to his family for hours.
He is
alleged to have fell backwards and hit the back of his head on the asphalt
street and broke his skull in the process.
I am
begging you to have your internal affairs investigate this issue and let
Justice prevail.
I
would like to share THE SETOR STORY with you.
Setor
is a very humble boy. He is a 3rd year student at the Akatsi Senior High
Technical School and is the caretaker of his uncle Benjamin Letsu’s
house in Akatsi.
He
neither smokes nor drink and he is not a criminal. It would be a shame to have
the Akatsi Police attempt to paint this innocent youth as a criminal.
HOW
SETOR DIED (Story Ingathered so far)
Setor
had just gone out to buy Indomie and he met his friend #Nelly at the Indomie base. After eating they were
going home when #Jemilu who is a friend and was riding alone on his
motorcycle stopped to give them a lift to their destination.
Setor
sat at the back whiles Nelly sat in middle. And just about 100 meters into
their journey they got stopped by the Police Van but then they didn’t stop and
the Police Van chased them and allegedly rammed into them at top speed,
smashing them against the metal barricades by the road.
Setor
who was sitting at the back is said to have fell backwards and smashed his head
on the floor. The Police then took them to the Akatsi District hospital and
handcuffed them to the bed. The Police further took their phones and prevented
them from calling their families.
Setor’s
broken head was only bandaged and they delayed in attending to them for hours
because they were branded as criminals.
It
took Jemilu to speak to a nurse in the morning of the next day before She gave
him her phone to call his Father. It was then before help came and the Doctors
examined Setor’s and realized his case was serious so he was rushed to the
Ridge Hospital in Accra where he died.
DISTURBING
ISSUES
It’s
a sad development for the Youths of Akatsi to attack the Akatsi Police Station
with rocks and I don’t support. But then recent events and actions of the
Police has made the town folks not to trust the Police in Akatsi.
The
Police have quickly repaired the Police Van that rammed into the boys resulting
in the death of one in the process. This is what the Youths of Akatsi saw as an
attempt to tamper with evidence in order to cover up the issue and extent of
the impact.
So
some Youths went over to the fitting shop and took pictures that yesterday of
the Police Van at the fitting shop. And today at the Police station they showed
me the repaired Van.
And
the pictures would make your realize that they actually rammed into the boys at
top speed cos the bumper of the Police Van was completely destroyed and their
side mirror smashed.
This
is the story I’ve gathered so far on the streets and from the Families of the
boys.
We
cannot bring back Setor but then we can seek Justice for his untimely killing.
The
Police knows by name and number the Driver of the Van that particular day and
all the Officers on duty in the Van. So they must be queried, arrested and
prosecuted for either murder or manslaughter.
Justice
in this case can restore the integrity and trust of the Police and calm nerves!
I
would like to appeal to the general public and the Human rights activist to
also come and help find a solution to the chaos between the Police and Akatsi
Youths.
xxx
NEW
UPDATE
Another
Youth #Hamza was shot in the abdomen during the riot and he
is said to have died at the hospital. Hamza is a younger cousin of Jemilu, who
is the rider of the bike that the Police rammed into last Friday. He was just
16 years old and an aspiring footballer. Another sad development.
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