The Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Nartey George has called on the judicial system to speed up justice for the slain soldier.
According to him, people normally take the law into their hands to punish offenders of a murder because the judicial system always delays getting justice for the victims.
The Circuit Court in Ashaiman has remanded all the six accused persons who have been arrested in connection with the killing of a 21-year-old soldier, Imoro Sherif at Ashaiman on 4th March 2023.
The suspects, Safianu Musah alias Dayorgu and Ibrahim Abdul Rakib, Samuel Tetteh alias Wiper and Abubakar Sadick alias Birdman, Yussif Mohammed and Abdul Gafaru Abdul Karim were charged with stealing, robbery, and receiving of dishonest goods.
In Court on Monday, March 13, 2023, lawyers for the two main accused persons pleaded for bail for his clients, but the Judge, Simon Gaga declined because the lawyer could not prove their permanent place of abode.
Commenting on the issues GHOne TV, Mr. Nartey stated that in order to ensure justice for the killed soldier the justice system must not delay judicial process for too long as seen with other cases.
“Ensure that we get justice for the slain soldier. You don’t hold such a case for five years because then you begin to make people feel that they cannot get justice from our judicial system. We had videos of the murder of Major Mahama. We saw people take a block and smash the head of a Major in our Armed Forces. We saw a woman light and set his body on fire.
“How much longer; yes, I understand that the ways of justice run slow but the judges must also bear in mind that we have lawyers whose job it is to filibuster and deliver, delay the process and abuse the purposes of the court. You just don’t allow such things to go on. Our judiciary must allow us to expeditious disposal of such cases,” the lawmaker stated.
Mr. Sam George also asked for justice to be sought for the Ashiaman residents who were brutalized by the military.
He continued: “Everyone involved must ensure that we get justice for the Ghanaians, 184 of them who were brutalized. Either in Ashaiman or moved to Michelle camp and from Michelle camp moved to the Burma camp. That cannot be accepted in 2023 in Ghana,” he added.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM/Bernice Mensah
