Member of Parliament, Ernest Norgbey, has confirmed to GhanaWeb that some military personnel in Ashaiman appear to have taken the law into their hands, moving from house to house and brutalizing residents in the area.
This comes after videos of the incident captured by some residents went viral on social media.
In some of these videos, personnel were seen hitting and brutalising who were outside of their rooms.
The incident happened on the dawn of Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Official town in Ashaiman.
Details emerging indicate that the personnel were avenging the death of one of their colleagues who was killed in the area on the dawn of Saturday, March 4, 2023.
Below are some of the videos from social media:
@gyaigyimii @kwadwosheldon @GHOneTV @tv3_ghana @utvghana Happening now in Ashaiman Taifa in this Heavy Downpour,Soldiers Storm Our Neighborhood and it ain’t funny at all pic.twitter.com/cjo8g77Bre
— CHARO GAD (@SantarioSneh) March 7, 2023
Military men allegedly brutalizing Residents in Ashaiman. This comes after one of their men was assassin@ted few days ago. Be safe out there ???? pic.twitter.com/4xi8d5gdyu
— Akwasi Bugati ???????? Blogger (@akwasibugati) March 7, 2023
No be small beatings for ashaiman #ashaiman #soldier #rip pic.twitter.com/H3xePEEy7a
— ????????????Dont Shout???????????? (@dontshout_ceo) March 7, 2023