The Ashanti Regional police command is expected to begin formal investigations into the alleged butchering of a 33year old driver, Kofi Ampoma by some seven police officers with the Konongo Division.
The police commanders of the area which were alleged to have carried out the operation will appear before the regional command.
An independent body will also today conduct a postmortem on the body of the 33year old driver, Kofi Ampoma.
Municipal Chief Executive of the area Alex Frimpong speaking to Joy FM said the body of the deceased reveals some machete wounds.
“They put him behind their pickup and right in front of the people they started manhandling him, beating him and pepper-sprayed him, I met the residents including the chiefs, they alleged that the policemen had cutlasses with them and in their presence they butchered the driver, I went to see the body myself and I can confirm to you that I saw at least three wounds I suspect to be cutlass wounds.”
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Background
Police in the Ashanti region have allegedly beaten and butchered a 33-year-old driver, causing his death shortly after the incident.
The incident occurred on October 15, 2019.
Residents of Asante-Adomfe in the region narrated eyewitness accounts of how some police officers beat and butchered the driver.
Residents said that about seven police officers with three in uniform stormed the area for an operation and had an altercation with the deceased, restrained him to the ground, kicked and punched him in the face before some of the officers started butchering him with a machete.
The Assembly Man for the area Samuel Kofi Boadu also said the policemen who were on patrol searched for one Mr. Kamkam and another Yaa Yaa who live in the area.
He said since they did not find these individuals, they ransacked their homes and did not find anything as well.
He detailed: “so when they were returning from the girl’s place, they met two guys on the street and they just grabbed them. And one of them was asking what he had done, and in trying to explain, they started beating him up, and one of the police personnel went to the patrol vehicle and took a cutlass and cut his back very deeply.”
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“So after cutting the person, those around there started approaching the police, and on realizing that the mob was increasing they started giving out warning shots, about 7-8 shots, then they put the victims into the car and sped off, “ he further indicated.
Mr. Boadu said he called the district police commander to find out but got notified that no police personnel was deployed to the area.
