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 residents who were outside of their rooms during the early hours of the day.
The incident which happened at the dawn of Tuesday, March 7, 2023 is said to have happened at Official town in Ashaiman during a heavy downpour.
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.
Reports indicate that residents have been forced to stay in their rooms until there is calm.
Most streets in the area are very empty.
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
#millitary around everywhere in ashaiman 😢😢.. #ashaiman #army #rip #soldier pic.twitter.com/EMgWVlyPWr
— 🧘🏾🧜Dont Shout🧜🧘🏾 (@dontshout_ceo) March 7, 2023
#ashaiman #soldier #rip helicopters all come 😂😭 pic.twitter.com/YO5EXGMor4
— 🧘🏾🧜Dont Shout🧜🧘🏾 (@dontshout_ceo) March 7, 2023
Source: www.ghanaweb.com