The Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC), a religious organization has said that it is “disgusted” at the shooting incident in Ejura in the Ashanti region which subsequently led to the death of two young men, Murtala Mohammed and Abdul Yusif both 25 during a demonstration in the area.
The demonstration was to demand justice for the murder of one Ibrahim Mohammed aka Kaaka, a social media activist by a mob in front of his house.
The religious group said that they have expressed time and again for the need for the security agencies to be very professional in the discharge of their duties especially when it comes to crowd control but the situation is rather getting out of hand and it does not auger well for Ghana.
They added that soldiers aiming and shooting at unprotected and unarmed civilians is not only condemnable but criminal and must be investigated and the perpetrators punished.
“This must be done with the urgency it deserves because citizens are gradually losing trust in the ability of our security agencies to handle such cases effectively and competently,” the group said in a statement.
Concluding, the group appealed to the agitated youth across the country particularly those of Ejura to restrain themselves from engaging in acts that can result in social unrest.
Below is the statement
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